Château de Chambly (Oise)

The Château de Chambly is a historic château on rue d'Amblaincourt that is located in the commune of Chambly, in the French department of Oise in the Hauts-de-France region. Part of the park extends over the commune of Ronquerolles, in the Val-d'Oise department.

History
A prior château on the estate, located below the current, was named Petimus and, in 1620, belonged to François de L'Hospital, Governor of the Bastille. Today, only a chapel built by Claude Le Picard in 1670 remains standing.

Prince Murat
In 1887, Baron Camont de Valence and Marie de Beaumont sold the former estates of Petimus and Evosseaux to Joachim Murat, 5th Prince Murat, and his wife, Cécile Ney d'Echingen (a great-granddaughter of Marshal Ney). Prince Murat tore down the original château and hired French architects Blondel et Langlois to design and build his Anglo-Norman style château. He also had an English-style park designed by the landscape architect Duchene. Prince Murat, who was passionate about hunting, built large stables, a number of outbuildings (built in 1896) and a small stud farm built on the grounds. Prince Murat was master of the Hunt (Equipage) known as the Rallye-Champly. His father, Joachim, 4th Prince Murat, died at the chateau in 1901.

During the World War I, the château and its outbuildings served as an auxiliary hospital. During World War II, the château was occupied by the Germans after which it was left abandoned.

Simonet
In 1977, the château was acquired by local industrialist Pierre Simonet, who restored the property. The château remains owned by his descendants to this day. Besides renting the château for use as a filming location, they host weddings and equestrian events on the estate, managed by Simonet's granddaughter, Claire Flavian.

In popular culture
Since the early 2000s, the château and its park have been regularly used as a filming location.

Films

 * Camille Rewinds
 * Dumas
 * On War
 * The Tiger Brigades
 * , based on Un fil à la patte
 * Arsène Lupin
 * Vidocq
 * Vidocq

TV movies

 *  by Claude Chabrol
 *  by Christian Faure
 * , by Christian Faure