The Château de La Fougeraie, also called the Château Wittouck, is a stately home in

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built in 1911 for the industrialist Paul Wittouck. The château is located in

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, on the outskirts of

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, in the

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History

The château was built in 1911 for the industrialist Paul Wittouck by the architect Louis Süe.

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collaborated with Süe on the project. The engineer was L. Bogaerts. Gustave Louis Jaulmes decorated the interior. During

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, the

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leader

Léon Degrelle Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (; 15 June 1906 – 31 March 1994) was a Belgian Walloon politician and Nazi collaborator. He rose to prominence in Belgium in the 1930s as the leader of the Rexist Party (Rex). During the German occupatio ...

occupied the château. In September–October 1944,

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They had four daughters to ...

made it his base. The Dutchman

Christiaan Lindemans Christiaan Antonius Lindemans (24 October 1912 – 18 July 1946) was a Dutch double agent during the Second World War, working under Soviet control. Otherwise known as Freddi Desmet, a Belgian army officer and SOE agent with security clearance ...

, known as ''

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'' due to his physique, had served the British secret service for four years before offering his services to the Germans. He was arrested at the Chateau Wittouck on 28 October 1944 on suspicion that he had betrayed the attack on Arnhem. The charge was almost certainly false.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fougeraie Castles in Brussels Chateau de La Fougeraie Houses completed in 1911

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