Château de Barfleur
| Château de Barfleur | |
|---|---|
| Barfleur, Normandy, France | |
  Château de Barfleur | |
| Coordinates | 49°40′16″N 1°15′48″W / 49.6711°N 1.2633°W |
Château de Barfleur (French pronunciation: [ʃato də baʁflœʁ]) was a castle in Barfleur, Normandy, France.[1]
History
[edit]The Norman Earls of Chester held a castle at Barfleur in the 12th century.[2] The city fortifications were demolished in the 16th century by Jacques de Goyon, Marshall of France under orders from Henry III of France.[3]
Citations
[edit]- ^ Palgrave 2013, p. 365.
- ^ Société des antiquaires de Normandie 1825, p. 346.
- ^ Société des antiquaires de Normandie 1825, p. 347.
References
[edit]- Palgrave, Francis (2013). The collected historical works of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62631-7. OCLC 859182019.
- Mémoires de la Sociéte des Antiquaires de la Normandie. Société des antiquaires de Normandie. 1825.