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Chateau de Dourdan, Castle in France #214784855
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The Château de Dourdan is a castle in the town of Dourdan in the Essonne department of France. The castle became the property of Jean de Berry in 1385. It was besieged during the French Wars of Religion. Among some of the notable personages who resided in the castle were Philip IV of France`s daughter-in-law, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, detained there from 1314 to 1315 in relation to the Tour de Nesle affair, and La Hire, one of Joan of Arc`s comrades-in-arms.