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After Wilhelmina died in 1837, William married Countess Henriette d ' Oultremont de Wégimont ( Maastricht, 28 February 1792 – Schloss Rahe, 26 October 1864 ), created Countess of Nassau, on 17 February 1841 in Berlin.
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However, after King Henry II died in 1559, his strong-willed widow and regent Catherine de ' Medici forced Diane to exchange it for the Château Chaumont.
Immediately thereafter, Catherine banished Diane from Chenonceau to the Château de Chaumont.
Château de Chaumont in 2008
The Château de Chaumont is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Later in the 15th century Château de Chaumont was rebuilt by Charles I d ' Amboise.
Château de Chaumont stands above the River Loire.
It was later rebuilt by Charles I d ' Amboise from 1465 – 1475 and then finished by his son, Charles II d ' Amboise de Chaumont from 1498 – 1510, with help from his uncle, Cardinal Georges d ' Amboise ; some Renaissance features were to be seen in buildings that retained their overall medieval appearance.
When her husband, Henry II, died in 1559 she forced his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, to exchange Château de Chaumont for Château de Chenonceau which Henry had given to de Poitiers.
Diane de Poitiers only lived at Chaumont for a short while.
Largentier eventually being arrested for peculation, the château and the title of sieur de Chaumont passed into a family originating at Lucca, who possessed it until 1667, when it passed by family connections to the seigneurs de Ruffignac.
However, in 1789, the new French Revolutionary Government seized Le Ray's assets, including his beloved Château de Chaumont.
By 1851 the " Chaumont suite " of early-16th century Late Gothic tapestries with subjects of courntry life emblemmatic of the triumph of Eternity, closely associated with Chaumont and now at the Cleveland Museum of Art, was still hanging in the " Chambre de Catherine de Médicis "; the tapestries had been cut and pieced to fit the room.
She donated Château de Chaumont to the government in 1938.
The Château de Chaumont is currently a museum and every year hosts a Garden Festival from April to October where contemporary garden designers display their work in an English-style garden.
* Photos of Château de Chaumont and other Loire castles
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The village is named for Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, the Comte de Chaumont in France.
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