Château de Trazegnies

The Château de Trazegnies is in the village of Trazegnies the Belgian municipality of Courcelles in the province of Hainaut in the Walloon part of Belgium .

The castle was built by Gilles I. de Trazegnies in the 11th Century. The lords of Trazegnies were often at crusades involved. Otton II of Trazegnies (ca. 1150-1192) fought on the side of King Richard of England and died at the siege of Saint-Jean d'Arce.

His son Gilles II of Trazegnies sold some of his lands to participate by the fourth crusade. Gilles III. de Trazegnies was a commander of the army of Louis Sain and took the seventh and eighth crusade part.

In 1554 the castle was burned by the troops of the French King Henry II. End of the 16th Century, the castle was returned. Under Gillion-Othon de Trazegnies it was at the beginning of the 17th Century the castle rebuilt. With the death of Alexander, the last Marquis de Trazegnies in 1862, the property came into the possession of his niece and after to the Bascoup family. Since 1913 the castle is owned by the Belgian State.