Re: Castle in St. Clair sur-Epte, France

["Annie" <ANNSINCLAIR@wanadoo.fr>]

>        In the book "A Genealogical History of the St. Clair Family" by
L.A.
> de St. Clair, published in France in 1905 states that around 984 A.D. a
king
> of France built the castle and that it was here in the castle that Rollo
the
> Viking and King Charles the Simple of France signed the Treaty of St.
> Clair-sur-Epte in 911 A.D.

Dear Susan,

This statement in the book appears to be wrong. How could the treaty be
signed in this Castle if it wasn't built until 984?

In front of the Mayors residence there is a piece of old wall behind glass
with a plaque stating that this is the remains of the building in which the
treaty was signed. Well actually it was a treaty by hand shake.

Annie

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