Château de l'Oisellerie

Château de l'Oisellerie, la Couronne, Charente

Château de l'Oisellerie

L’Oisellerie was a fief belonging to the abbey of la Couronne and later could have been the falconry. After the Hundred Years' War, the farm was rented to wealthy burghers. They had to perform the act of homage to the abbot. The castle was built at the end of the XVth century when it was in the hands of Arnauld Calluaud thanks to money given by his brother Jean VI, commendatory abbot of la Couronne. King Francis I stayed there in 1526. The Calluaud sold it in 1678. The castle, which was modified in the XVIIIth century, has been scheduled since 1911. It is now a multimedia library (CCDP).

References

Bibliography

• BLANCHET, “Histoire de l’abbaye de la Couronne”,Mémoires SAHC, 1887–1888
• Château, logis et demeures anciennes de la Charente, Bruno Sepulchre, 1993, p. 361-365
• Revue VMF, n° 125, 1988 /

External links

• Official website