Brézé Castle - Maine et Loire - France 3 by Kordouane

Photography • Historical • posted on Jun 04, 2018

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Urbain de Maillé Brézé was the first marquis after Louis XIII had erected the estate as a marquisate in 1615. He married Nicole du Plessis, Richelieu's sister, and they had two children, Armand, the great admiral of France, who died in Tuscany at the age of 27 without posterity, and Claire-Clémence who married Louis II of Bourbon-Condé, the great Condé, and passed on this heritage to him in 1650. The great Condé took the head of the Fronde, thus opposed the regency during the minority of the young Louis XIV and, in 1653, the castle was occupied by royal troops.