Castle of Pierrecharve

The Castle of Pierrecharve , étymologiquement (" stone bald person ") is located on a rock of Molasse 60 height m and dating at least from the 12th century. Located on the commune of Ripe, it was one of the seven castles surrounding Alby-on-Chéran. Buildings, there remains only one tower dominating the river of the Chéran.

Originally, it could be a question of a strong Maison which controlled the passage of a very old dismountable wood bridge in the event of invasion.

Inhabited until in the Years 1960, it is today with the complete abandonment. There exists a project of rehabilitation carried out by an local association " Companions of the Castle of Pierrecharve". The project includes/understands a restoration of the buildings and the installation of the site with the realization of an open-air theater with steps and the reconstitution of a village of the Middle Ages. See the site.

Owners

Guillaume Paradin (1297), lord of Pierre-Charve
Jean of Geneva, bishop of Geneva (1353)
Jean of Rochette, lord of Pierre-Charve, husband of Isabelle de Revorée
Jeanne of Rochette (towards 1450), girl of the precedent and wife of Claude Ier de Langins
Jacques of Rochette (towards 1477), vidomne of Alby, husband of Margueritte of Rochette, another girl of Jean of Rochette
Jacqueline of Rochette , girl of the precedent, marries François de Montfalcon
Jacques of Rochette, died in 1550, last lord of Pierre-Charve, died without posterity.
Sebastien of Rochette, bishop of Lausanne, brother of the precedent.
Alexandre de Montvuagnard, 1558), nephew of the precedent, wire of Anthelme de Montvuagnard, lord of Boëge and Jeanne de Montfalcon, sister of the precedent.
Sebastien de Montvuagnard, wire of the precedent
Prosper de Montvuagnard, wire of the precedent. In 1621, it sold the castle and the vidomnat of Alby with the mandements of Rumilly and Marcellaz.
Jean of Beaufort, lord of Héry and Marthod
Jeanne of Beaufort Of Crystallized, girl of the precedent, marries François de Peysieu, lord of Salagine and the Villette, died without descent.
François de Peysieu remarie with Claudine de Blonay, with which it has two girls, Francoise de Peysieu wife of Lambert of Rochette, and Marguerite de Peysieu wife of Charles de Maillard, died without descent. In 1653, François de Peysieu resells the castle with François Melchior of Montvuagnard.
François Nickel silver of Montvuagnard, wire of Prosper de Montvuagnard, buys the castle in 1653. It has two girls Jeanne de Montvuagnard wife in 1665 of Louis de Marest, count de Lucey, and Prospère of Montvuagnard, sister bernadine with Annecy.
Prosperous of Montvuagnard, sister bernadine, bequeaths the castle to Victor de Mareschal Duyn.
the colonel Victor de Mareschal Duyn, marquis de Saint-Michel, marries Catherine de Charmoisy, grand-daughter of Louise Duchatel, the " Philotée" of saint François Dirty.
Henri de Mareschal Duyn inherits the castle to dead of his/her mother in 1702 and in 1726 resells it.
Charles de Granery, marquis of the Rock resells the castle in 1788 with Philibert Simond, vicar of Rumilly for the sum of 3.316 books.
Philibert Simond, vicar of Rumilly, appointed the Low-Rhine with the national Convention, is guillotine with Paris, on April 14th, 1794.
Jeanne Simond and Michelle Simond, the sisters of the precedent, bequeaths the castle to the hospital of Rumilly which resells it with the biddings.
the new owner, uses it as stone quarry. The square keep is folded back of more than eight meters. Its heirs are always owners of the ruins.

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