Château de Pontchartrain
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Château de Pontchartrain
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| General information | |
| Type | Chateau |
| Town or city | Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre, Yvelines |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48°47′56″N 1°53′42″E / 48.798795°N 1.894929°ECoordinates: 48°47′56″N 1°53′42″E / 48.798795°N 1.894929°E |
| Construction started | 17th century |
| Owner | Private company |
| Designations | Historical monument |
The Château de Pontchartrain is located in the municipality of Jouars-Pontchartrain in the department of Yvelines in France . The west end of the domain, beyond the pond, is located in the commune of Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre.
The castle is located south of the main town, along the D15 road. The village of Pontchartrain is to the north, and the hamlet of Jouars and Maurepas to the south.
A manor at "Pontem Cartonencem" is mentioned around 1325 or 1330, which later became Pontchartrain. In the 16th century this manor, which could be at the location of the right wing of the castle, was probably abandoned to farmers while a new house was built on the site of the current left wing. In 1598 the property was acquired by Antoine de Buade de Frontenac, "captain of the châteaux of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Saint-James et La Muette."
Antoine de Buade de Frontenac sold Pontchartrain in 1609 to Paul Phélypeaux (1569 - 1621), secretary to Queen Marie de' Medici. In 1613 Frontenac's son Henri de Buade married Anne Phélypeaux, daughter of Paul Phélypeaux's brother Raymond Phélypeaux. Their son Louis de Buade de Frontenac was to be Lieutenant General of the colony of New France in North America.
Paul Phélypeaux was the king's counselor in 1610 and the founder of the Pontchartrain branch of the Phélypeaux family, who kept the chateau for two centuries. His son Louis I Phélypeaux had the main building built between 1633 and 1662, whose attribution to François Mansart is unfounded. Jean Phélypeaux (1646-1711), intendent of Paris from 1690 to 1709, councilor of state, was a client of the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle.
Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain, Jean's brother, was Controller of Finance in 1689 and Chancellor in 1699. Chancellor Pontchartrain was described by Saint-Simon as a "very small, thin man, who constantly emitted sparks of fire and spirit." He assumed the name of the property, where he assigned brother François Romain and André Le Nôtre to raise the chateau and in 1693 to design a magnificent park. After his wife died he was grief-stricken and resigned all his offices, which contemporaries thought he had never seen according to his friend Saint Simon. He retired to Ponchartrain, where he died.
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