Chateau d Usse

Usse is a castle inside the Indre-et-Loire department, in France. The stronghold at the threshold of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley turned into first fortified inside the 11th century through the Norman seigneur of Usse, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the citadel with a palisade on a excessive terrace. The site exceeded to the Comte de Blois, who rebuilt in stone.

In the 15th century, the ruined citadel of Usse turned into purchased by Jean V de Bueil, a captain wellknown of Charles VII who became seigneur of Usse in 1431 and started out rebuilding it inside the 1440s his son Antoine de Bueil married in 1462 Jeanne de Valois, the organic daughter of Charles VII and Agnes Sorel, who delivered as dowry 40000 golden ecus.

Antoine turned into heavily in debt and in 1455, sold the chateau to Jacques d’Espinay son of a chamberlain to the Duke of Brittany and himself chamberlain to the king Espinay built the chapel, finished with the aid of his son Charles in 1612, in which the Flamboyant Gothic fashion is mixed with new Renaissance motifs, and commenced the manner of rebuilding the 15th century chateau that resulted in the 16th to 17th century element of the shape to be visible nowadays.