Château de Corroy-le-Château

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Castle of Corroy-le-Château
Corroy-le-Château, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

Type	Castle
Site information
Owner	Association Royale des Demeures Historiques et Jardins de Belgique
Site history
Built	13th century
Materials	Stone

The Castle of Corroy-le-Château (French: Château de Corroy-le-Château) is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Château, near Gembloux, in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Originally built between 1220 and 1230 by William of Brabant, the castle is one of the best-preserved medieval buildings in Belgium, with gigantic round towers and a moat.

History

After some eight hundred years in the possession of the descendants of William of Brabant, the counts of Nassau-Corroy. One of the owners was Alexis of Nassau-Corroy, bastard son of Henry III of Nassau-Breda. His descendant Joseph-Ignace de Nassau, 1st Count of Corroy, refurbished the castle and interior.^[1] The latest of whom to live there of their descendants is Olivier, Marquis de Trazegnies.

2008 auction

A family dispute led to a court ordering the sale of the castle at public auction. In 2008, it was to be sold to the artist Wim Delvoye, who announced that he planned to turn it into a museum of modern art.^[2]^[3] However, the Marquis de Trazegnies managed to defeat the sale and retain ownership of his ancestral home.^[4] In 2010, he ceded the property to the Association Royale des Demeures Historiques et Jardins de Belgique.^[5]

Notes

^ "Historique".
^ Kevin Brass, After 800 years, family dispute leads to auction of Belgium castle, at nytimes.com
^ Belgian artist buys castle for EUR 3.3m Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine at expatica.com
^ "Le marquis de Trazegnies rachète "son" châtea"".
^ Château de Corroy – Association Royale des Demeures Historiques et Jardins de Belgique