Château du Bosc Théroulde
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The Château du Bosc Théroulde is a château built in the 17th century near Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien
in the Seine-Maritime
département of Normandy
, France
.
word meaning bois (wood), deriving from the Germanic
bosk which is related to the Latin
boscus. The same word occurs in Norman
. It can be found in many place names and surnames.
and
Théroulde from Thorold/Thorald, or in Latin Turoldus, comes from a forename of Scandinavian
origin - Thorold (coming in turn from Thorvaldr (meaning 'ruled by Thor
'). The name arrived in Normandy with the Viking
s, and was very popular there from the 10th to the 12th centuries. It is also the origin of many surnames: Théroulde, Théroude, Touroude, Troude and Throude. These names are mainly found in the Pays de Caux
, the Roumois
and the Cotentin
, where the Scandinavian settlements were strongest. Several placenames exclusively found in Normandy come from this same origin: probably all the Trouville
, Bourgtheroulde
, Thérouldeville
, Turretot
, etc. place names are related. The surname is also very common in the Channel Island of Guernsey, spelt variously
as above and currently as mine, Torode.
The origin of the Chateau is not really clear...even if Hippolyte Lemarchand in the book Canton de Cleres stated that the Chateau was built in 1616, the foundations are dating from before.
He married Anne Petit, then died in 1630, and the estate is ruled by his wife on behalf of her nobles children until 1637.
Adrien (d. ca. 1669) Le Fae Sieur de Bosc Theroulde, Adviser to the king, 'Maitre en sa Chanmbre de Normandie', inherited the Estate and was made escuyer in 1640. He built the chapel (1646–1648) along the Chateau, named after his patron saint, after being saved from the plague of Rouen (in 1637 in Rouen 11,000 people died in 10 months).
Christophe Charles Le Faë (d. 28/03/1707), Lord of Bosc Theroulde, Saint Germain, Mêtillon, La Mivoie and other places, adviser to the Parliament of Rouen
, appointed on 3 March 1670, succeeded to Adrien and married Madeleine Le Roux (d. 8/05/1719). A stone shield located on the west wing represents their respective merged family shields.
They had one son, Francois Louis, and two daughters. One became a Benedictine nun in the Saint-Sacrement convent and the other inherited the Estate.
Francois Louis Lord of Bosc Theroulde, advisor to the chamber of Roeun, died young on 24 September 1716 without heir.
when marrying Claude Emmanuel Langlois de Colmoulins, first Advisor to the King and in 1707 President of the Parlement of Rouen.
They had no children.
, du Mesnil, de Saint-Germain and du Bosc Théroulde inherited through his wife, born Le Fae, the estate in 1753.
He rebuilt the Chateau and acquired on 12 March 1782 most of the land that would form the estate of le Bosc Théroulde; the additional land he received by inheritance.
He married Marie Anne Laudasse de Francamp, du Varat, and they had two children.
One of his grandsons, Charles de Berthost de Bosc Théroulde, was at the Bailliage of Rouen in 1789 during the French Revolution
and did not survive.
Louis Francois Rene de Berthost du Bosc theroulde (d. 23/12/1814) inherited the estate. He was condemned by the King following the decree of 3 November 1788. The king released him of all condemnation in 1789. He spent the French revolution in the Chateau.
Louis Armand de Berthost de Saint Germain and other places (d. 1825), inherited the estate and married Julie Adelaide Jeanne Haillet, daughter of Lord of Petit and Grand Couronne. Louis Armand enlarged the estate by purchasing lands. He died 30 April 1825, without heir. He was a gambler and died covered in debts. His niece, Miss de Milleville, took over the estate without knowing when she accepted the inheritance.
Julie Adelaïde Jeanne Haillet remarried Jean Louis Huger de Bracquecourt de St Vincent. They had one daughter, Aglaé Patronille Huger. Julie Adelaïde Jeanne Haillet remarried a third time to Capitaine d'état Majot Félix Augier de Moussac.
, married Aglaé Patronille Huger de Bracquemont in 1805 and brought in dowry the Estate of Bosc Théroulde.
Louis Octave de Milleville had one son Marie-Adrien Octave and a daughter.
Marie-Adrien Octave Milleville (1812–1885) sold the estate to Charles Sénateur Maze-Sensier on 13 August 1845.
From the estate built by de Berthost, which was over 491 hectares in size, Chales Sénateur Maze purchased 246 hectares including the Château, the farm from the Château, and five other farms.
The Château was at its most glorious, 'pediments' were added on both sides and a layer of coloured varnished baked bricks with stones were added on the aging original bricks of St Jean.
The four letters M A Z E were engraved in the stonework surrounding the upper windows.
Winston Churchill met Daniel Serruys at the Château du Bosc Théroulde to discuss the post war economic conditions.
since 1966 purchased the estate in 1959.
He was married to Dayle Haddon
, a model for L'Oréal Plénitude. Then, in 1986, tragedy struck: Her husband, Franco-American businessman Glenn Souham, was murdered outside their Paris home. Haddon moved to L.A.
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated some north of Rouen at the junction of the D47 and the D3 roads.-Population:...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
département of Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Name origin
Bosc is an old FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
word meaning bois (wood), deriving from the Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
bosk which is related to the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
boscus. The same word occurs in Norman
Norman language
Norman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon...
. It can be found in many place names and surnames.
and
Théroulde from Thorold/Thorald, or in Latin Turoldus, comes from a forename of Scandinavian
Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula in Northern Europe, which today covers Norway, Sweden, and most of northern Finland. Prior to the 17th and 18th centuries, large parts of the southern peninsula—including the core region of Scania from which the peninsula takes its name—were part of...
origin - Thorold (coming in turn from Thorvaldr (meaning 'ruled by Thor
Thor
In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...
'). The name arrived in Normandy with the Viking
Viking
The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
s, and was very popular there from the 10th to the 12th centuries. It is also the origin of many surnames: Théroulde, Théroude, Touroude, Troude and Throude. These names are mainly found in the Pays de Caux
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast - its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre...
, the Roumois
Roumois
The Roumois, , the region round Rouen is a region of plateau located in the northwestern part of the Eure département in Normandy.Its boundaries are the Seine downstream of Elbeuf to the north, to the west the Risle valley and the plain of Le Neubourg to the south. The communes are Bourg-Achard...
and the Cotentin
Cotentin Peninsula
The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France. It juts out north-westwards into the English Channel, towards Great Britain...
, where the Scandinavian settlements were strongest. Several placenames exclusively found in Normandy come from this same origin: probably all the Trouville
Trouville, Seine-Maritime
See also Trouville-sur-Mer and Trouville-la-Haule Trouville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:...
, Bourgtheroulde
Bourgtheroulde-Infreville
Bourgtheroulde-Infreville is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...
, Thérouldeville
Thérouldeville
Thérouldeville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village in the woodland valley of the Valmont River in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D33, D69 and D17...
, Turretot
Turretot
Turretot is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D78 and D125e roads.-Population:...
, etc. place names are related. The surname is also very common in the Channel Island of Guernsey, spelt variously
as above and currently as mine, Torode.
History through Families
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- Special thanks to Madame Poubelle and Monsieur Eric Pimont
The origin of the Chateau is not really clear...even if Hippolyte Lemarchand in the book Canton de Cleres stated that the Chateau was built in 1616, the foundations are dating from before.
du Bosc de Tendos
Until the 12th Century, the land of Bosc Theroulde consisted of 6 to 8 houses and was part of the land of the baronnerie de Fontaine le Bourg, under the title of fief Alinette, huitieme de fief.Cormeilles
From 1512 the estate belonged to the Cormeille family and until the 16th century.Le Faë
In 1598, Jacques Le Faë (d. ca. 1630), Adviser to the King, 'Controleur general des traites dominilales et impots en la province de Normandie', acquires the Alinette domaine from the Cormeilles Family on the 6th of April. He builds the present Château Louis de XIII style in bricks, works will only start in 1616 (exchange of contract only on 14 May 1607) and will be completed in 1632. (The inscription 1616 can be found on one of the main chimneys.)He married Anne Petit, then died in 1630, and the estate is ruled by his wife on behalf of her nobles children until 1637.
Adrien (d. ca. 1669) Le Fae Sieur de Bosc Theroulde, Adviser to the king, 'Maitre en sa Chanmbre de Normandie', inherited the Estate and was made escuyer in 1640. He built the chapel (1646–1648) along the Chateau, named after his patron saint, after being saved from the plague of Rouen (in 1637 in Rouen 11,000 people died in 10 months).
Christophe Charles Le Faë (d. 28/03/1707), Lord of Bosc Theroulde, Saint Germain, Mêtillon, La Mivoie and other places, adviser to the Parliament of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, appointed on 3 March 1670, succeeded to Adrien and married Madeleine Le Roux (d. 8/05/1719). A stone shield located on the west wing represents their respective merged family shields.
They had one son, Francois Louis, and two daughters. One became a Benedictine nun in the Saint-Sacrement convent and the other inherited the Estate.
Francois Louis Lord of Bosc Theroulde, advisor to the chamber of Roeun, died young on 24 September 1716 without heir.
Langlois de Colmoulins
Marie Elisabeth Louise Le Fae de Bosc Theroulde brought le Bosc Théroulde in dowryDowry
A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both...
when marrying Claude Emmanuel Langlois de Colmoulins, first Advisor to the King and in 1707 President of the Parlement of Rouen.
They had no children.
de Berthost
Louis Pierre François René de Berthost (d. 02/01/1776), Lord de CaudecosteCaudecoste
Caudecoste is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.-Geography:The river Auroue forms all of the commune's eastern border and the Garonne part of its northern border....
, du Mesnil, de Saint-Germain and du Bosc Théroulde inherited through his wife, born Le Fae, the estate in 1753.
He rebuilt the Chateau and acquired on 12 March 1782 most of the land that would form the estate of le Bosc Théroulde; the additional land he received by inheritance.
He married Marie Anne Laudasse de Francamp, du Varat, and they had two children.
One of his grandsons, Charles de Berthost de Bosc Théroulde, was at the Bailliage of Rouen in 1789 during the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
and did not survive.
Louis Francois Rene de Berthost du Bosc theroulde (d. 23/12/1814) inherited the estate. He was condemned by the King following the decree of 3 November 1788. The king released him of all condemnation in 1789. He spent the French revolution in the Chateau.
Louis Armand de Berthost de Saint Germain and other places (d. 1825), inherited the estate and married Julie Adelaide Jeanne Haillet, daughter of Lord of Petit and Grand Couronne. Louis Armand enlarged the estate by purchasing lands. He died 30 April 1825, without heir. He was a gambler and died covered in debts. His niece, Miss de Milleville, took over the estate without knowing when she accepted the inheritance.
Julie Adelaïde Jeanne Haillet remarried Jean Louis Huger de Bracquecourt de St Vincent. They had one daughter, Aglaé Patronille Huger. Julie Adelaïde Jeanne Haillet remarried a third time to Capitaine d'état Majot Félix Augier de Moussac.
de Milleville
Louis Octave de Milleville (1774–1851), Chevalier of the Order of Saint LouisOrder of Saint Louis
The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis was a military Order of Chivalry founded on 5 April 1693 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis . It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, and is notable as the first decoration that could be granted to non-nobles...
, married Aglaé Patronille Huger de Bracquemont in 1805 and brought in dowry the Estate of Bosc Théroulde.
Louis Octave de Milleville had one son Marie-Adrien Octave and a daughter.
Marie-Adrien Octave Milleville (1812–1885) sold the estate to Charles Sénateur Maze-Sensier on 13 August 1845.
Maze-Sensier
Chales Sénateur Maze-Sensier (1797–1863)From the estate built by de Berthost, which was over 491 hectares in size, Chales Sénateur Maze purchased 246 hectares including the Château, the farm from the Château, and five other farms.
The Château was at its most glorious, 'pediments' were added on both sides and a layer of coloured varnished baked bricks with stones were added on the aging original bricks of St Jean.
The four letters M A Z E were engraved in the stonework surrounding the upper windows.
Daniel Serruys
Daniel Jean Louis Alphonse Marie Serruys (1875–1950) born in Belgium.- Friend of Minister Paul Van ZeelandPaul van ZeelandPaul Guillaume van Zeeland was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman born in Soignies....
, son in law of Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice... - Appointed to negotiate the economic measures of peace during World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Winston Churchill met Daniel Serruys at the Château du Bosc Théroulde to discuss the post war economic conditions.
de Becq de Fouquière
Augustin Pierre de Fouquière (1868–1960), Ministre plénipotentiaire purchased the estate in 1936. He didn't keep the estate very long. He exploited the woods for timber and sold part of the land.Dannaud
Jean Pierre Dannaud (1921–1995), Conseiller d'étatConseiller d'État
A French Councillor of State is a high-level government official of administrative law in the Council of State of France.-Under the Old Regime:...
since 1966 purchased the estate in 1959.
Souham
Glenn Souham (1952–1986) was a businessman with worldwide interests in real estate, oil and consulting services. Mr. Souham was also Special Advisor to President Reagan's Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives, and an investment advisor to various groups around the world. He also served as a special trade advisor to Governor James Thompson of Illinois. Glenn Souham held a degree in public affairs, government affairs and public relations from the University of Paris. Glenn was a member of The French Institute of International Relations (Paris) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London). Glenn Souham also received a Commendation by President Ronald Reagan. Glenn Souham was involved in Irangate. In addition to a web of incriminating financial transactions, the evidence includes the September 24, 1985, shooting of Glenn Souham in Paris. Souham was the son of New York PR counselor Gerard Souham, a frequent White House visitor whose firm was affiliated with Gray & Company. Glenn had talked openly to friends of working with a certain "lieutenant colonel" at the National Security Council and of suddenly making more money than ever before. Although the killing received almost no attention in the major news media, O'Dwyer's PR Services came to the conclusion that "young Souham, because of his international social and business connections, was enticed into Iran-Contra arms dealing" and that his indiscriminate bragging to friends led to his assassination.He was married to Dayle Haddon
Dayle Haddon
Dayle Haddon is a Canadian model and actress, presently known for promoting anti-aging products manufactured by L'Oréal. Additionally, she is credited as author of Ageless Beauty: A Woman's Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being...
, a model for L'Oréal Plénitude. Then, in 1986, tragedy struck: Her husband, Franco-American businessman Glenn Souham, was murdered outside their Paris home. Haddon moved to L.A.