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The Château de la Grange-Bléneau is a castle in the ''commune'' of Courpalay in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' of France. ==History== Recorded since the 13th century, the castle has belonged to several families: Courtenay, Aubusson-La Feuillade and d'Aguesseau. Ownership passed from Henriette d'Aguesseau to her daughter Adrienne de La Fayette. She passed it on to her husband, General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who lived there from 1802 until his death in 1834. Eight years after La Fayette's death, his grandson Jules de Lasteyrie (1810–1883) married Olivia de Rohan-Chabot (1813–1899), the daughter of the émigré Louis de Rohan, Vicomte de Chabot, and Lady Charlotte Fitzgerald, daughter of the second Duke of Leinster. They lived at la Grange-Bléneau for 54 years.〔René de Crambrun, Introduction, ''Adrienne: The Life of the Marquise de la Fayette'', André Maurois; McGraw-Hill, 1961, p. viii〕 Their son, Louis de Lasteyrie, sold the home to his cousin, René de Chambrun, in 1935, with a life tenancy. Upon the death of his cousin in 1955, René de Chambrun discovered the large cache of documents in the attic, and he founded a private museum to Lafayette.〔René de Crambrun, Introduction, ''Adrienne: The Life of the Marquise de la Fayette'', André Maurois; McGraw-Hill, 1961, p. x〕 He organized and described the family archives, a collection dating from 1457 to 1990. The papers were microfilmed at ''La Grange'' in 1995 and 1996, for the Library of Congress.〔(Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress )〕 The building dates from the 14th century but it was altered in the 17th century. It includes five circular towers from the 15th century and a chapel. The castle has been untouched since the death of La Fayette. Of note are the general's library and archives and historic artifacts relating to the independence of the United States. Today, it is the property of the Josée and René de Chambrun Foundation, a charitable foundation charged with preserving the castle and its historical contents. It has been listed since 1942 as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Château de la Grange-Bléneau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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