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mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B0_(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA)" title="Блуа (замак) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Блуа (замак)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastell_Bleaz" title="Kastell Bleaz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kastell Bleaz" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_de_Blois" title="Castell de Blois – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Castell de Blois" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD)" title="Блуа (кермен) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Блуа (кермен)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blois_(z%C3%A1mek)" title="Blois (zámek) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Blois (zámek)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Blois" title="Schloss Blois – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Schloss Blois" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC" title="Κάστρο του Μπλουά – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κάστρο του Μπλουά" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_Blois" title="Castillo de Blois – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Castillo de Blois" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastelo_de_Blois" title="Kastelo de Blois – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kastelo de Blois" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloisko_gaztelua" title="Bloisko gaztelua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bloisko gaztelua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A2" title="شاتو دو بلوآ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شاتو دو بلوآ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois" title="Château de Blois – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Château de Blois" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%94%EB%A3%A8%EC%95%84%EC%84%B1" title="블루아성 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="블루아성" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1_(%D5%A4%D5%B2%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%AF)" title="Բլուա (դղյակ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բլուա (դղյակ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois" title="Château de Blois – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Château de Blois" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello_di_Blois" title="Castello di Blois – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Castello di Blois" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94" title="טירת בלואה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טירת בלואה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasteel_van_Blois" title="Kasteel van Blois – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kasteel van Blois" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AF%E5%9F%8E" title="ブロワ城 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブロワ城" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois" title="Château de Blois – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Château de Blois" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast%C3%A8th_de_Bles" title="Castèth de Bles – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Castèth de Bles" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3" title="شتو بلوئس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="شتو بلوئس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamek_w_Blois" title="Zamek w Blois – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zamek w Blois" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelo_de_Blois" title="Castelo de Blois – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Castelo de Blois" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelul_Blois" title="Castelul Blois – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Castelul Blois" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B0_(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA)" title="Блуа (замок) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Блуа (замок)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois" title="Château de Blois – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Château de Blois" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1mok_Blois" title="Zámok Blois – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Zámok Blois" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B0" title="Дворац Блоа – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Дворац Блоа" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blois%E2%80%99n_linna" title="Blois’n linna – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Blois’n linna" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slottet_i_Blois" title="Slottet i Blois – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Slottet i Blois" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Loire_Cher_Blois1_tango7174.jpg/960px-Loire_Cher_Blois1_tango7174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1650" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Interior façades in Classic, Renaissance, and Gothic styles (from left to right)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux,_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux%2C_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg/330px-Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux%2C_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux%2C_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg/500px-Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux%2C_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux%2C_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg/960px-Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux%2C_Chateau_de_Elois.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="968" /></a><figcaption>Château de Blois, lithograph by C. Molle from a drawing by <a href="/wiki/Charles-Ca%C3%AFus_Renoux" title="Charles-Caïus Renoux">Charles-Caïus Renoux</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Royal Château of Blois</b> (French: <i lang="fr">Château Royal de Blois</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ʃɑto<span class="wrap"> </span>ʁwajal<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>blwa]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau" title="Château">château</a> located in the city center of <a href="/wiki/Blois" title="Blois">Blois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loir-et-Cher" title="Loir-et-Cher">Loir-et-Cher</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Loire_Valley" title="Loire Valley">Loire Valley</a>, France. In addition to having been the residence of the <a href="/wiki/Counts_of_Blois" title="Counts of Blois">Counts of Blois</a> and some French kings, <a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</a> also went there by 1429 to be blessed by the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Reims" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Reims">Archbishop of Reims</a> before departing with her army to drive against the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">English</a>, who conquered <a href="/wiki/Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Orléans">Orléans</a> the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The château effectively controlled the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Blois" title="County of Blois">County of Blois</a> up to 1397, then the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Duchy of Orléans">Duchy of Orléans</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">Kingdom of France</a> between 1498 and 1544. It comprises several buildings, whose construction began in the 13th century and ended in the 17th century. Four different architectural styles are represented within the rectangular edifice, including: some remainings of the 13th-century medieval fortress, the Louis XII <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic-style</a> wing, the Francis I <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance-style</a> wing, and the Gaston of Orléans <a href="/wiki/Classical_architecture" title="Classical architecture">Classical-style</a> wing.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, there are 564 rooms, including 100 bedrooms with a <a href="/wiki/Fireplace" title="Fireplace">fireplace</a> in each, and 75 staircases (although only 23 were used frequently). </p><p>The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois (Museum of Fine Arts of Blois), located in the Louis XII wing, presents collections of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts (including numerous tapestries) dating from the 16th to the 19th century. It was created in 1850. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blois16.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Blois16.jpg/250px-Blois16.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Blois16.jpg/330px-Blois16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Blois16.jpg/500px-Blois16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2949" data-file-height="2577" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the Estates General Room</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counts_of_Blois">Counts of Blois</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Counts of Blois"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 854, the Blois <a href="/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">castle</a>, known as <i>Blisum castrum</i>, was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Viking</a> cheftain <a href="/wiki/Hastein" title="Hastein">Hastein</a>. In the 10th and 11th centuries,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Counts_of_Blois" title="Counts of Blois">Counts of Blois</a>, who also owned <a href="/wiki/Chartres" title="Chartres">Chartres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Champagne_(province)" title="Champagne (province)">Champagne</a>, joined together to rebuild the fortress. <a href="/wiki/Theobald_I,_Count_of_Blois" title="Theobald I, Count of Blois">Count Theobald I</a> raised a so-called "big tower" and by the end of the 12th century, the Counts' contributions were finished by building the St-Sauveur <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegiate Church">Collegiate Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Estates General Room" (<i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Salle des États Généraux</i></span></i> in French), built in the beginning of the 13th century, is one of the oldest <a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">seignoral</a> rooms preserved in France, and is also the largest remaining civilian <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a> room of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This room was used as a court of justice by the Counts of Blois and again in 1576 and 1588 during sessions of the <a href="/wiki/Estates_General_(France)" title="Estates General (France)">Estates General</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transition_to_the_House_of_Orléans"><span id="Transition_to_the_House_of_Orl.C3.A9ans"></span>Transition to the House of Orléans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transition to the House of Orléans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The medieval castle was given in 1397 to <a href="/wiki/Louis_I,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Louis I, Duke of Orléans">Louis I, Duke of Orléans</a>, brother of <a href="/wiki/Charles_VI_of_France" title="Charles VI of France">Charles VI</a>. After Louis' assassination, his widow, <a href="/wiki/Valentina_Visconti,_Duchess_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans">Valentina Visconti</a>, retired to the Blois Castle. It was later inherited by their son, <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Charles, Duke of Orléans">Charles d'Orléans</a> the poet, who was captured at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" title="Battle of Agincourt">Agincourt</a> and imprisoned in England.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 25 years as a hostage in England, Charles d'Orleans returned to his beloved Blois and partly helped rebuild the château as a more commodious dwelling.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became the favourite royal residence and the kingdom's political capital under Charles' son, when Count Louis II became King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XII" title="Louis XII">Louis XII</a> of France in 1498. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="King_Louis_XII">King Louis XII</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: King Louis XII"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg/220px-Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg/330px-Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg/440px-Blois_LouisXII_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4464" data-file-height="2216" /></a><figcaption>The interior of the <a href="/wiki/Louis_XII" title="Louis XII">Louis XII</a> wing, with the chapel to the right</figcaption></figure> <p>At the beginning of the 16th century, King Louis XII initiated a reconstruction of the entrance of the main block and the creation of an Italian garden in terraced <a href="/wiki/Parterre" title="Parterre">parterres</a> where Victor Hugo Square stands today. </p><p>This wing, of red brick and grey stone, forms the main entrance to a proper château onwards, and features a statue of the mounted king above the entrance. Although the style is principally Gothic, as the profiles of mouldings, the lobed arches and the pinnacles attest, there are elements of <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance architecture</a> present, such as a small chandelier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="King_Francis_I">King Francis I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: King Francis I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Francis_I_of_France" title="Francis I of France">Francis I</a> became king in 1515, his wife <a href="/wiki/Claude_of_France" title="Claude of France">Queen Claude</a> had him refurbish Blois with the intention of moving from the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Amboise" title="Château d'Amboise">Château d'Amboise</a> to <a href="/wiki/Blois" title="Blois">Blois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francis initiated the construction of a new wing and created one of the period's most important libraries in the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-Anglais_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anglais-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of his wife in 1524, he spent very little time at Blois and the massive library was moved to the royal <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Fontainebleau" title="Palace of Fontainebleau">Palace of Fontainebleau</a>. It is this library that formed the royal library and the backbone of the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France" title="Bibliothèque nationale de France">Bibliothèque nationale de France</a></span></span>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 246.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 244.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blois1900.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The rear of the Francis I wing, facing over central Blois in the 1890s"><img alt="The rear of the Francis I wing, facing over central Blois in the 1890s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Blois1900.jpg/500px-Blois1900.jpg" decoding="async" width="245" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Blois1900.jpg/960px-Blois1900.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3248" data-file-height="2388" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The rear of the <a href="/wiki/Francis_I_of_France" title="Francis I of France">Francis I</a> wing, facing over central Blois in the 1890s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The rear of the wing in 2007"><img alt="The rear of the wing in 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg/360px-ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg/540px-ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg/720px-ChateaudeBloisFacadedesLoges.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The rear of the wing in 2007</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The château's most renowned feature, the spiral staircase in the Francis I wing"><img alt="The château's most renowned feature, the spiral staircase in the Francis I wing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg/250px-Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg/330px-Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg/500px-Blois_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois_Innenhof_Francois-I-Fl%C3%BCgel_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3442" data-file-height="4588" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The château's most renowned feature, the spiral staircase in the Francis I wing</div> </li> </ul> <p>Since King Louis XII was very committed in the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Wars" title="Italian Wars">Italian Wars</a>, which imported the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> movement into Blois, this wing's architecture and ornamentation are marked by Italian influence. In the middle, there is the monumental spiral staircase, covered with fine bas-relief sculptures and looking out onto the château's central court. These monumental staircases served as a draft for those of the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord" title="Château de Chambord">Château de Chambord</a>, built a few years later. Behind this wing is the "Lodges Façade" (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Façade des Loges</i></span> in French), characterised by a series of disconnected niches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="King_Henry_III">King Henry III</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: King Henry III"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Driven from <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> during the <a href="/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion" title="French Wars of Religion">French Wars of Religion</a>, King <a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_France" title="Henry III of France">Henry III</a> took refuge in Blois, and summoned Estates General meetings there in 1576 and 1588. On 23 December 1588, the King's arch-enemy since the <a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Barricades" title="Day of the Barricades">Day of the Barricades</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_I,_Duke_of_Guise" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry I, Duke of Guise">Henry I, Duke of Guise</a>, was assassinated. The following day, the Duke's brother, <a href="/wiki/Louis_II,_Cardinal_of_Guise" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis II, Cardinal of Guise">Louis II, Cardinal of Guise</a> was also murdered within the château.<sup id="cite_ref-en.chateaudeblois.fr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.chateaudeblois.fr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg/250px-SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg/330px-SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg/500px-SchlossBloisSchlafzimmerdesKoenigs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1063" /></a><figcaption>The "<i>King's Chamber</i>" with King Henry IV's <i>H</i> in the floor tiles</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg/250px-ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg/330px-ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg/500px-ChateauBloisChambredeSecrets.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>The "<i>Chamber of Secrets</i>", allegedly believed to be <a href="/wiki/Catherine_de%27_Medici" title="Catherine de' Medici">Catherine de' Medici</a>'s secret hiding place for poisons</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="King_Henry_IV">King Henry IV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: King Henry IV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After this, the castle was occupied by King <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" title="House of Bourbon">Bourbon</a> monarch. On Henry's death in 1610, it became the place of exile for his widow, <a href="/wiki/Marie_de%27_Medici" title="Marie de' Medici">Marie de' Medici</a>, when she was expelled from the court of her son, King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIII" title="Louis XIII">Louis XIII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anglais_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anglais-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duke_Gaston_of_Orléans"><span id="Duke_Gaston_of_Orl.C3.A9ans"></span>Duke Gaston of Orléans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Duke Gaston of Orléans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1626, King Louis XIII gave the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Blois" title="County of Blois">county</a> and the Château of Blois to his brother and heir, <a href="/wiki/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Gaston, Duke of Orléans">Gaston, Duke of Orléans</a> as a wedding gift. In 1634, Gaston embarked on building a completely new wing to the château.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The task of developing this new castle was given to <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mansart" title="François Mansart">François Mansart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rear of the courtyard is where Mansart began this ambitious building project with a main dwelling house. This house should have been the first building in a large-scale reconstruction project.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was stopped in 1638 when Gaston's nephew was born, the future <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV" title="Louis XIV">Louis XIV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Louis XIV's birth, Gaston was no longer the heir and no longer eligible for financing. </p><p>This wing makes up the rear wall of the court, directly opposite the Louis XII wing. The central section is composed of three horizontal layers where the superposition of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders can be seen.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, the immense castle had been neglected for more than 130 years. The contents, many of its statues, royal emblems and coats of arms of the palace were removed. In a state of near-total disrepair, the Château of Blois was scheduled to be demolished but was given a reprieve as a military barracks.<sup id="cite_ref-en.chateaudeblois.fr_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.chateaudeblois.fr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preservation_as_a_monument">Preservation as a monument</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Preservation as a monument"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1840, the initiative of <a href="/wiki/Prosper_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e" title="Prosper Mérimée">Prosper Mérimée</a> placed the château on the list of historical monuments.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowed state funds to be used in the preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was restored under the direction of the architect <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Duban" title="Félix Duban">Félix Duban</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The château is maintained and owned by the town of Blois and has been opened to the public as a museum and tourist attraction. On view for visitors are the supposed poison cabinets of Catherine de' Medici. Most likely this room, the "Chamber of Secrets", had a much more banal purpose: exhibiting precious objects for guests.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People_linked_to_the_Château"><span id="People_linked_to_the_Ch.C3.A2teau"></span>People linked to the Château</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: People linked to the Château"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People_born_in_the_Château"><span id="People_born_in_the_Ch.C3.A2teau"></span>People born in the Château</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_of_Blois&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: People born in the Château"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following individuals were born inside the Château: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Brittany" title="Charles, Duke of Brittany">Charles of Blois</a> (in 1319);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_XII" title="Louis XII">Louis XII</a> (in 1462), King of France between 1498 and 1515;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Louise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Marguerite Louise d'Orléans">Marguerite Louise d'Orléans</a> (in 1645), daughter of <a href="/wiki/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Gaston, Duke of Orléans">Gaston, Duke of Orléans</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People_who_died_in_the_Château"><span id="People_who_died_in_the_Ch.C3.A2teau"></span>People who died in the Château</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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