Castle of Bizy

The castle of Bizy is with Vernon (the Eure).

To the the Middle Ages, the stronghold of Bizy belongs to the lords de Blaru. It then passes, at the 14th century, the Jubert family. The October 8th 1596, the king Henri IV is received there by this family and, in 1675, Michel-Andre Jubert de Bouville, to advise State, obtains the erection of the seigniory in marquisat and is made build a castle, building of plan lengthened, slate cover, flanked of two more raised houses and preceded by two horseshoe perrons.

In 1721, the duke of Beautiful-Isle (1684 - 1761), grandson of the superintendent Fouquet, which received in exchange of the grounds of Beautiful-Isle the counties of Gisors, Andelys and Vernon, enters in possession of the field. The duke, who became Marshal of France in 1741, increases the field and made there complete considerable work which is worth in Bizy the nickname of “Norman Versailles”. He creates a forecourt in terrace and half-moon, the avenue of the Capuchins which connects the castle to the Seine, makes arrange the whole of the small park and the park of hunting. It considers the rebuilding of the castle and entrusts to the architect Pierre Telling of Ivry the care to build, between 1741 and 1743, the farmyard with the stables inspired of Versailles and the basin foot bath. The September 21st 1749, the marshal receives in Bizy the visit of Louis XV and Madam de Pompadour.

To its death in 1761, its field is allocated to the king who, in 1762, the exchange with the count of Have against the sovereign principality of Dombes. With its death, in 1775, the count of Have bequeaths the field to his/her cousin Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duke of Penthièvre, wire of the count de Toulouse. From 1783, the made duke of frequent stays in Bizy; in 1792, it settles there with his/her daughter the duchess of Orleans. It is there that he dies quietly in his bed in 1793.

The castle, confiscated like Quite national in meadow year VI (1797), is sold to realtors which destroy the main building. In 1805, the general Suire repurchases the field and makes build a new home, more modest, in front of the farmyard (North-eastern side).

In 1817, the duchess of Orleans, which repurchases its goods sold under the Revolution, returns in possession of Bizy that his/her son, become Louis-Philippe I {{er}} in 1830, inherits with his death in 1821: it adds two wings at the building, restores the old buildings, creates a landscaped garden and plants many trees. The king often remains there, sometimes going there in railroad starting from the startup of a line, in 1843.

In 1858, the Goods of the house of Orleans, confiscated by Napoleon III, are put at the Bizy biddings is acquired by the baron Fernand de Schickler, brother-in-law of the Duc of Albufera, then mayor of Vernon. In 1860, it makes rebuild the central part of the home, perhaps by the architect William White, in a neo-classic style very Italianist, perhaps inspired of the Albani palate of Rome. A living room is especially arranged to receive painted woodworks, coming, according to the tradition, of the Château of Bercy. In 1909, the baron de Schickler bequeaths Bizy to its nephew Louis Suchet, fourth duke of Albufera, which completes the castle by closing the main courtyard by two wings. The castle remained since then in the family Suchet d' Albufera.

Original building remain the superb stables and most of the garden with its many dancing waters: basin of Neptune, water dresser, fountain of Gribouille, fountain of the sea horses, etc

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