Castle of Trevoux

The Castle of Trevoux, fort of Trevoux, is an old citadel, of the quit of the 13century or the start of the 15 century remodeled several instances and restored3, whose vestiges stand on the commune of Trevoux inside the branch of Ain, within the Auvergne location -Rhone Alps. The citadel changed into the center of the seigniory of Trevoux and the leader metropolis of a chatellenie of the principality of Dombes Note 1. The remains of the citadel are the subject of a classification under the historical monuments by using order of June 13, 1913. The castle is founded inside the twelfth century4 by the lords of Thoire Villars and protects a toll that the Germanic Roman Emperor Henry 4th confirms in 11884. This own family can pay tribute in 1243 to the Church of Lyon.

Built and advanced at the stop of the thirteenth or beginning of the 14th century through the lords of Villars, Archbishop Henri de Villars by means of his will, dated July 15, 1301, enjoins his heirs to recognize the religion and homage of the Church of Lyon, the fortress and the town of Trevoux. Humbert V of Thoire-Villars is compelled to make this recognition in 13045; he consequently receives the tribute to the Chapter of Lyons, the castle and the seigneury of Trevoux; his successors in the end refused it within the maximum formal way. On April 10, 1331, Humbert gave his son Humbert by means of emancipating him, the entertainment of the seigneury of Trevoux, which he had previously assigned as a dower to Jeanne de Beaujeu, his spouse.