Château d'Heudicourt
The château d'Heudicourt is a Château dating from the 16th century, which is located on the territory of the French commune of Heudicourt in the departement of Eure, in the Normandy region. The château is classified as a Monument historique. Location The castle is located, near the Saint-Sulpice church, in the commune of Heudicourt, in the French department of Eure. History On its current site stood, at the time of Dagobert, according to tradition, a hunting rendezvous. The current château was built by Michel Sublet, steward of Marshal Joyeuse, and whose father, originally from Blois, had acquired the estate in 1574. After the death of Michel Sublet, his son also named Michel, Grand Wolfcatcher Royal of France, completed the castle in around 1660. He married in 1666 Bonne de Pons, niece of Marshal d'Albret, a close friend of Madame de Maintenon. A painting by Mignard, kept at the château, represents them together. The property then fell to Michel Sublet's son, Pons Auguste, and then to his daughter, Madame de Belzunce. The Revolution made it a prison, and in 1798, Madame de Belzunce ceded the château to four Parisian nobles. She died in Gournay-en-Bray in 1803. A year later in 1804,