Château de Commercy

Château de Commercy
Commercy's entrance court
Alternative names	Château Stanislas
General information
Type	Château
Architectural style	French Baroque
Location	Commercy, France
Construction started	1708
Completed	1747
Renovated	1957–1977
Client	Charles Henri de Lorraine.
Design and construction
Architect	Germain Boffrand Léopold Durand Nicolas d'Orbay Emmanuel Héré de Corny

The Château de Commercy is a castle in the town of Commercy, in the Meuse department of France. It was the principal residence of the reigning Prince of Commercy and was built by Charles Henri de Lorraine. The site, château and grounds, was classified Monument historique in 1960, with the town being added in 1972.

In 1708, Charles Henri de Lorraine, prince de Vaudémont, a legitimised son of the Duke of Lorraine, began to reconstruct the old building to designs by Germain Boffrand. At the same time, Boffrand had also started work on the nearby Château de Lunéville, then the residence of Charles Henri's half-cousin Léopold de Lorraine, the then Duke of Lorraine.

In 1723, Léopold was given the Principality of Commercy at the death of Charles Henri who died without heir. As such, Commercy became another land holding of the House of Lorraine. In 1729, Léopold died at Lunéville. He was succeeded by his son, François III de Lorraine, future spouse of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.

At the end of War of the Polish Succession in 1737, the Duchies of Lorraine and Bar were ceded to the landless ex-king of Poland, Stanislas Leszczyński, father of Marie Leszczyńska, Louis XV's Queen consort. As Stanislas moved into the ducal palace at Lunéville, the Principality of Commercy was given to the widow of Léopold, the dowager duchess of Lorraine, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans niece of Louis XIV and sister of the deceased Philippe d'Orléans.