An ancient manor home, Chateau d'Andelot was built in the 12th century and positioned high above the village of Andelot located in the French department of the Jura
An ancient manor home, Chateau d'Andelot was built in the 12th century and positioned high above the village of Andelot located in the French department of the Jura. Until the French Revolution, the Chateau remained an imposing medieval fortress. To access the castle keep as the place of last defense (i.e. The DONJON), an enemy force had to cross through picketed dry moats and scale imposing stone walls before passing through three drawbridges protected by guard towers. Today, all that remains of the fortress is the castle keep and the third entry portal dating from the 14th century. Chateau d'Andelot is an historic monument.
It is believed construction was completed on Château d'Andelot around 1158 by the first Seigneur d'Andelot Humbert III, grandson to Gueric who was Seigneur de Coligny and the Revermont. The Coligny family were descendants of Count Manasses of Burgndy, the 1er Sire (i.e King) of Coligny in 974. The most notable of the many Coligny ancestors to live in Château d'Andelot was François de Coligny (1521-1569), first Marquis d'Andelot and the brother of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572). The Admiral was a Huguenot (i.e French Protestant) who was martyred in the Saint-Barthlomew's night massacre for his religious beliefs. It was during this time also that Château d'Andelot was confiscated from François de Coligny by the King of France and was not returned to the Coligny family until 1617.
Joachim de Coligny was the last male Coligny to live at the Château. The Château was then passed on to his daughter Anne-Louise. In 1702, she sold Château d'Andelot to Joachim Guyenard a counselor to the French King and at this point the Château left the Coligny family. When the last Marquis d'Andelot died in 1804 his younger brother and heir chanced to be living in Philadelphia. This brother had been known since 1793 as "M. d'Andelot" and was a French refugee of the Terror. As fate would have it a marriage occurred between a son of M. Belin (likewise a French refugee) and a daughter of M. d'Andelot. Whereby the Belins claim lineage from the house (and Château) of Guyénard d'Andelot.
In 1827, a daughter of the Guyénard family sold the property to Mr. Viot, who in turn sold it to the Buisson family. And finally, in December 1924, Mr. Ferdinand Lammot Belin and his cousin Mr. Pierre du Pont de Nemours (married to Alice Belin, a sister of Ferdinand's) bought Château d'Andelot.
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