Brou Castle
The castle of Brou is a French castle located in the town of Noyant-de-Touraine, in the department of Indre-et-Loire. It dates from the 15th century. The total area of the property is currently 100 hectares).
History
Built in 1475 in Noyant-de-Touraine on the initiative of Chevalier François de Gebert, Lord of Noyant and Rivau, the castle of Brou was erected on the site of a fortress of the thirteenth century, owned by Guillaume de Chergé, of which there remains today only a cylindrical tower and the remains of a wall. it then belonged: in 1571 to Jean de Gebert, marshal of camp of the king, in 1680 to Gabriel de Gebert, treasurer of France in the generality of Tours, in 1748 to Joseph François de Gebert, captain of the grenadiers to the 1st battalion of Bourbonnais; then he passed on to Antoine Armand Felix of Absac, Marquis de Mayac (1729-1787), captain in the Penthièvre regiment, who married in 1746 Louise-Magdeleine de Gebert, daughter of André Gabriel Thomas de Gébert, provost of the high and low Poitou; the latter was a widow when she participated in 1789 in the electoral assembly of the nobility of Touraine; the brother of Antoine d'Absac, Guillaume Joseph d'Absac (1731-1784) was dean of the church of Tours from 1751 to 1774 and bishop of Saint-Papoul (in the Aude). The family of Gébert will keep possession until 1813.
WikipediaWebsite:http://www.chateau-de-brou.com/
