Château de Folembray

Constructed in renaissance style, the château was part of the royal domains, and a favorite hunting lodge of the French kings.

Also his son, king Henry II (1547–1559) loved to come here to hunt and spent quality time with his mistress, Diane de Poitiers (1500–1566).

[2] During the Franco-Spanish wars, the Imperial army of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V under the command of Adriaan van Croÿ, 1st Count of Roeulx, entered Picardy in the spring of 1554, and ravaged the country up to 70 km from Paris.

On 21 July, they raided the palaces of Binche and Mariemont, residences of the Charles V's sister, queen Mary of Hungary, governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.

Further, in January 1596, the Edict of Folembray was signed at the château, a peace treaty between Henri IV and Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554–1611), a leader of the Catholic League.

[3] As a result, the duke of Mayenne submitted to the French king and retained Chalons, Seurre and Soissons for six years.