{"id":886,"date":"2021-03-10T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/?p=886"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:04:11","slug":"they-passed-by-chauvigny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/?p=886&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Famous visitors to Chauvigny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John the Good and his sons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-669 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John II of France, known as John the Good, is said to have passed through Chauvigny before the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. According to local tradition, he later sent three of his sons there for safety as defeat became likely.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duguesclin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 36%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bd-e1612427383143.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bd-e1612427383143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bd-e1612427383143-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Hundred Years\u2019 War, Bertrand du Guesclin drove the English out of Chauvigny in 1372.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admiral de Coligny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coligny.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coligny.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coligny-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1569, during the French Wars of Religion, Admiral de Coligny\u2019s Huguenot troops looted and burned parts of Chauvigny, including the castle and Saint-Pierre church. Coligny was killed three years later during the St Bartholomew\u2019s Day massacre.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Louis XIV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 31%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/louis-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-670 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/louis-14.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.tour-duguesclin.fr\/leguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/louis-14-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louis XIV stayed at Chauvigny\u2019s Auberge du Soleil in 1651, when he was thirteen. The former inn, also known as the Maison du Roi Jean, still stands at the foot of Rue des Trois-Rois.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most famous personalities have passed by Chauvigny. 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