[1] Around 1424, Eberhard II von der Mark built a manor with two towers around a church over a period of six years.

When Eberhard died in 1440, his son Jean de la Marck began reinforcing the fortress, but it was Robert II de la Marck, the grandson of Jean, who finished the most important work.

In 1699, the principality having been absorbed into France in 1642 (see the Battle of Marfée, during the Thirty Years' War), and the castle having been transformed into a garrison, Vauban built the door of the Princes (French: « des Princes ») that was adapted to the progress of artillery.

[2] On September 1, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, the Army of Chalons was defeated at the Battle of Sedan.

[1] Today the castle contains a hotel and a museum showing the lives of inhabitants throughout its history and the Franco-Prussian War.