Château d'En-Haut de Joinville

About

The castle of En-Haut de Joinville is a former castle that was located in the commune of Joinville, 26 km southeast of Saint-Dizier and 36 km north of Chaumont, in the department of Haute-Marne in the Grand Est region. It was destroyed shortly after the French Revolution.

The castle is built on a hill overlooking the west side of the city, on the edge of the Marne River. It is located along the old roads linking Saint-Dizier to Vineyard and Joinville to Vaucouleurs. It is the seat of the seigneury of the same name, in the former county of Champagne, whose lords were vassals.

Foundation: Joinville Castle was founded in the first half of the 11th century by Étienne de Vaux, the first known lord of Joinville. The latter is thus mentioned in the chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines as "Ipse Stephanus primus castrum de Jovevilla inchoavit". Subsequently, his successors enlarged and embellished the castle and increased its fortifications. About the middle of the 12th century, Geoffroy III de Joinville raised the collegiate Saint-Laurent castle, which served as a castral chapel for the lords...