The Château de Cabrerets is a
castle
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in the ''
commune'' of
Cabrerets
Cabrerets (; Languedocien: ''Crabairet'') is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France.
The village of Cabrerets derives its name from ''cabre'', meaning goat in the Occitan language.
Population
Geography
The village lies at t ...
in the
Lot ''
département
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'' of France.
History
The first castle was built in the thirteenth century, belonging to the Barasc family and from the second half of the 15th century to the Cardaillacs.
The current castle, whose buildings revolve around a large courtyard, was rebuilt in the sixteenth century by the Gontaut family,
lords of Cabrerets. It belonged to the marshal-duke
Charles de Gontaut-Biron, a friend of
Henry IV and a traitor to that king.
Throughout the 18th century, the Gontauds did not reside in Quercy but in their castle of Biron in the Dordogne.
Armand Louis de Gontaut
Armand Louis de Gontaut (), duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron (13 April 174731 December 1793), was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in t ...
,
Duke of Lauzun
The Duke of Lauzun was a French noble tilte, in particular, a French peerage created in 1692 for Antoine Nompar de Caumont under influence of Queen Mary of Modena. All Dukes of Lauzun were Marshals of France or renowned generals.
Dukes of Lauz ...
and Lord of Cabrerets, was during the
French Revolution deputy of Quercy in the States-General. Accused of conspiracy against the Republic, he was beheaded on 31 December 1793. His wife, Amélie, was guillotined a year later.
The castle was sold during the sale of national property.
[ ]Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat ( , also ; ; ; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French Army officer and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the ...
, King of Naples, who had the Château de Labastide-Murat built for his mother, wanted to buy the Château de Cabrerets to give it to his brother André. His sister Antoinette Murat had married in 1784 Jean Bonafous, the owner of the Château de Crabillé who was then appointed aide-de-camp to Murat. The project was not followed up but Count Murat, deputy of the Lot, and members of his family gradually acquired the various shares of the castle and its estate around 1850 and undertook the restoration.[ The current owner, Philippe Sahut d'Izarn, is a descendant of this family.
It has been listed since 28 November 1996 as a '']monument historique
() is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...
'' by the French Ministry of Culture
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.
See also
*List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Regions of France, region and Departments of France, department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are p ...
References
External links
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Castles in Lot
Monuments historiques of Lot (department)
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