In the middle of the Rue du Moulin, you can see a post-Renaissance house that has been remodelled but looks good, with two dormer windows bearing the dates 1650 and 1764. This house may have belonged to the de Blaisy family in the mid-14th century, and was rebuilt after Antoinette de Bourbon bought it. After her death, the house was sold to the Masblanc-de-Ville family (originally from Bourg-en-Bresse) allied with the Des Barres family, who owned it until 1860. It was then bought by the commune of Marac, which converted it into a presbytery and then into housing when the Church and State separated in 1905, before selling it to a family.
Antoinette de Bourbon-Vendôme (Ham 25 December 1494 - Joinville 20 January 1583) was the first Duchess of Guise.
A princess of the blood from the House of Bourbon, her destiny is linked to that of the House of Guise, of which she was a central figure. In 1513, she married Claude de Lorraine, the first Duke of Guise, and they had twelve children. She was the mother of Marie de Guise, Queen Regent of Scotland, three dukes and two cardinals. Her granddaughter Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots from her birth in 1542, was also Queen of France by marriage from 1559 to 1560, and the Catholic League leader Henri de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, was one of her grandsons. On the death of her husband, she became the head of her household. At the start of the Wars of Religion, she encouraged her sons to defend the Catholic faith and intervened herself to defend the interests of her House. She died at the age of 89 during the reign of King Henry III of France, who had married Louise of Lorraine, one of her great-nieces.
No visits: private site only visible from the outside.
Maison d'Antoinette de Bourbon à Marac
