{"id":133,"date":"2020-06-09T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/destination.parc-oise-paysdefrance.fr\/uk\/chateau-de-chantilly\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T12:48:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T11:48:27","slug":"chateau-de-chantilly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/destination.parc-oise-paysdefrance.fr\/en\/history-heritage\/castles-chateaux\/chateau-de-chantilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2teau de Chantilly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you dream of life in a ch\u00e2teau, come and discover this ch\u00e2teau and its estate. <\/strong>The Ch\u00e2teau de Chantilly<\/strong> is reflected like an apparition in the ornamental lakes that surround it. In the foreground, its reflection reveals the ‘petit ch\u00e2teau’, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture<\/strong>. In the background, the ch\u00e2teau with its large apartments rebuilt in the 19th century<\/strong> by the Duke of Aumale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This princely residence, the only witness to the history of France from the Middle Ages, now houses one of the most beautiful art galleries of old paintings in France.<\/strong><\/a> Its huge park<\/strong><\/a>, designed by Le N\u00f4tre at the end of the 17th century, offers the chance to enjoy some pleasant walks in search of secret treasures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Families close to the kings of France<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the 11th century, Guy de Senlis, \u2018bouteiller\u2019 \u2013 Grand Butler \u2013 to the king (Louis VI)<\/strong>, settled in Chantilly, a marshy but strategic place. Taking on the name Bouteiller de Senlis<\/strong>, the family became very active in the region and kept the castle until the 14th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looted in 1358 during the Jacquerie, the premises were sold in 1386, to Pierre d’Orgemont, Chancellor to King<\/strong> Charles V<\/strong>. From then on, the estate was inherited rather than sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Orgemont family<\/strong> rebuilt the ch\u00e2teau and remained its owner for three generations, in the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1484, Pierre III d’Orgemont, childless, bequeathed Chantilly to his nephew, Guillaume de Montmorency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The powerful Montmorency family<\/strong> owned Chantilly from the 15th to the 17th century. Major modernisation work was carried out, notably by Anne de Montmorency<\/strong>, Constable of France,<\/strong> who was close to Fran\u00e7ois I and an admirer of Renaissance<\/strong> art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Chantilly estate then passed by marriage to the family of the Princes of Cond\u00e9<\/strong>, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most famous of them, \u2018the Great Cond\u00e9<\/strong>\u2019, devoted himself to improving the premises over a long period of time. Among his guests at Chantilly were writers of his time such as Moli\u00e8re, La Fontaine, <\/strong>La Bruy\u00e8re, Madame de La Fayette and Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9. In their honour, two parallel avenues bordering Le N\u00f4tre parterres are known as the \u2018all\u00e9es des Philosophes\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, in 1830, the Duke of Aumale<\/strong>, then eight years old, son of Louis Philippe<\/strong>, inherited the vast domain. At the end of his troubled life, with no heir, he donated it to the Institut de France<\/strong> on condition that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The ch\u00e2teau shall be nothing more than a museum and a workplace. I want to provide access to the collections, archives and library \u2013 which I believe to be not insignificant<\/em> \u2013 to all those who are drawn to them \u2026 nothing will be changed, but it will no longer be a house<\/em>.\u2019<\/strong>
Everything had to remain as he had left it<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Architecture of its times<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 12th arrondissement, in the valley of the Nonette river, a tributary of the Oise, the Bouteiller family built a fortified house <\/strong>on a rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the house’s destruction in the 14th century, Pierre d’Orgemont, and later his son Amaury, rebuilt a real fortress, <\/strong>defended by seven towers and surrounded by a moat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16th century, Anne de Montmorency built the Petit Ch\u00e2teau, a Renaissance-style masterpiece<\/strong>, just below the old fortress. He also built the terrace, on which now stands an equestrian statue of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n