Saint-Georges-Motel

Saint-Georges-Motel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ mɔtɛl]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

[3] The early 17th-century Château Saint-Georges-Motel, is a 10,000-square-foot castle surrounded by a moat on a 235-acre property that includes eighteen outbuildings.

King Henry IV spent the night on the estate before winning the Battle of Ivry that united France.

[4] In the 1920s,[5] the château was purchased as a summer house by American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt when she was married to the French aviator and industrialist Jacques Balsan,[6] after her divorce from Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.

[7] While Consuelo owned the château, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a frequent visitor.

Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (formerly the Duchess of Marlborough) in Saint-Georges-Motel.