Montmorency

Montmorency is a commune within the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.3 km from the center of Paris. Montmorency becomes the fief of the Montmorency circle of relatives, one of the oldest and most distinguished families of the French the Aristocracy. It is now a rich suburb of Paris. Montmorency was the fief of the Montmorency own family, one of the oldest and maximum outstanding families of the French the Aristocracy, who owed their name to the vicinity of their ancestral fortress on the promontory of Montmorency. The fort of Montmorency became destroyed via the English all through the Hundred Years' War and changed into not rebuilt.

After the Hundred Years' War, the Montmorency moved their residence to the Chateau d Ecouen in Ecouen, 5.6 km to the northeast of Montmorency. In 1632 the closing Montmorency, Henri II de Montmorency became executed for treason in Toulouse and the duchy of Montmorency was inherited through the Princes of Conde, a cadet branch of the French royal own family who, just like the Montmorency, did now not live in Montmorency, deciding on alternatively the Chateau de Chantilly as their residence.