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Château de la Royère Ruins

Name: Château de la Royère Ruins
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Location: Estaimpuis, Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Leers-Nord Lock – Château de la Royère Ruins loop from Leers

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2. Château de la Royère Ruins – Leers-Nord Lock loop from Leers-Nord

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3. Château de la Royère Ruins – Château de la Royère Ruins loop from Leers-Nord

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DirkWi

2 days ago

The Château de Royères, probably around 1100, was a feudal motte with a wooden tower and a retractable walkway... which Havide de Néchin brought as a dowry to Lambert de Wattrelos.
The inhabitants of Tournai submitted to Philip II Augustus. The Tournai region would belong to the French royal family for over 300 years (1187-1521).
La Royère is located in the Château de Lille, in the Flanders region, on the hills of Leers and Néchin, on the edge of the Wattines forest, on the border with Tournaisis: it is the castle of the border.
In 1227, it was probably a feudal motte with a stone tower that was purchased by Arnoul IV.
Wealthier than the seller Hugues de Roubaix, he may have had Tournai's stone walls built. From 1500 onwards, the lords of Roubaix also became lords of La Royère through marriage: the de Werchin and the de Melun.
Pierre de Melun, governor of Tournai, lord of Roubaix and La Royère, and a Protestant supporter, was considered civilly dead by Philip II, the Catholic king. His possessions passed to the Ligne family through Anne de Melun.
As a supporter of the Edict of Nantes (Henry IV, 1598), Louis XIV returned La Royère to the de Melun family. This led to family disputes: the property first went to the de Ligne family and then back to the de Melun family.
A Crombez from Tournai bought La Royère, 35 hectares (Popp map circa 1850). Miss Crombez de Remond de Montmort married Count Ferdinand Costa de Saint-Gérix de Beauregard…
Everything was then sold to farmers. Source: leershistorique.fr

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Elevation 60 m

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Château de la Royère Ruins

1. Leers-Nord Lock – Château de la Royère Ruins loop from Leers

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