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Top Left :

This is the castle built by successive members of the De Nogent family in France.
Dominating the town of Nogent-le-Rotrou (about 150 km. South-West of Paris), in the area of the Perche, where the De Nogent family originated,
the Château St. Jean occupies a strategic position. Situated at a bend in the river Huisne, on a rise, the site overlooks the five surrounding valleys.
Originally, the château was nothing more than a "Motte and Bailey" fortification, built of wood by Rotrou, the earliest known member of the Family.
His successor Geoffrey II replaced the original fortifications by a dungeon * of stone (1020), and future descendants of the family made
minor embellishments to the edifice (XI th and XII th Century). The château was restored during the XX th century.

Top Right :

The Coat of Arms of the Counts of Perche - : Three silver chevrons Gules (d'argent aux trois chevrons de gueules).

The Coat of Arms of the Nugent Family - : Ermine two bars Gules, (d'hermine, à deux fasces de gueules).
Crest : A Cockatrice wings elevated tail nowed Vert combed and wattled Gules.
Supporters : On either side a Cockatrice wings elevated and addorsed tail nowed Vert combed and wattled Gules.
motto "decrevi" - "I have resolved"

* Dungeon - the original term does not mean a prison, but represents a fortress or the keep of a castle (domniō - lords' tower)