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The Husson family, seigneurs (lords) of Montgiroux around 1406, gave their name to the château de la Motte-Husson, or Husson Castle. [3] The Baglion de la Dufferie family [4] (a French branch of the Baglioni family of Perugia) [5] acquired the estate in 1600. [3] The castle was rebuilt in the enclosure of the old square moat.
Descendants of the family exist to the present day, including the French branch of Baglion de la Dufferie, [3] which once owned the Château de la Motte-Husson in the Mayenne department of France, which is the setting for the Channel 4 programme Escape to the Chateau.
The chateau's former farm, with an arched entry and coat-of-arms may have been the original chateau built in the 1660s. Today's chateau and a number of buildings have dates from the early 1820s, after restorations from the Deschamps family following the French Revolution.
Escape to the Chateau is a Channel 4 reality television series, which follows the story of couple Dick Strawbridge and Angela ("Angel") Adoree and their family as they bought and renovated the 19th-century Château de la Motte-Husson, in Martigné-sur-Mayenne, France, while simultaneously raising two young children and starting a business hosting weddings and other events.
With the launch of the French Chateau in CityVille, we've seen a new way for your friends to help you construct buildings in the game. Using this French Chateau as an example, you'll still need to ...
There was a small gathering of family and close friends, and the occasion was marked by a relaxed and intimate atmosphere. Queen Elizabeth's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh turned 40 on June 10, 1961.
The castle was defensive until the 17th century when it was bought by the Baglioni family as a noble residence. A gentile palace was built inside the walls, which in the 19th century fell abandoned. Since then the castle was used as a workshop and powder. [3] In 1943 during the Battle of Ortona, the castle was hit by German bombs and American ...
A Big Apple couple who convinced their family to sell their home in the US and splash $2.6 million on a crumbling French chateau are now struggling to keep the dream alive after being besieged by ...