Ravel
In the castle of Ravel, located in Auvergne, exists an aula decorated with a long fresco featuring the arms of various princes and local nobles.
Pierre Flotte (n.19 †1302), councillor of Philippe IV le Bel, received the castle as a gift from the king in 1294. Those shields were probably painted between 1298 and 1301 during the tenure of his nephew Jean Aycelin as bishop of Clermont (n.16, †1301)
Today the castle is privately owned and extensive restoration work was completed on that room in 2021. The present reconstruction of the paintings follows the numbering (not accounting for the destroyed shields) of the pre-restoration study published by Christian de Mérindol in 2000. It also provides additional changes to match other iconographic testimonies and newly available pictures of the restored room.
- Southern Wall
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1. Philippe IV de France
King of France -
2. Edward II Plantagenêt
King of England -
3. Louis X de France
Son of King Philippe IV -
4. Charles de Valois
Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois -
5. Louis d'Evreux
Count of Evreux -
6. Unreadable
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7. Robert de Clermont
Count of Clermont
Lord of Bourbon -
8. Robert III Dauphin
Count of Clermont
Dauphin of Auvergne -
9. Hugues V de Bourgogne
Duke of Burgundy -
10. Robert VI d'Auvergne
Count of Auvergne and Boulogne -
11. Arthur II de Dreux
Duke of Brittany -
12. Jean de Forez
Count of Forez -
13. Jean II de Dreux
Count of Dreux
Chambrier of France -
14. Guy IV de Châtillon
Count of Saint Pol
Grand Bouteiller of France -
15. Louis X de France
Count of Champagne
King of Navarre -
16. Jean Aycelin
Bishop of Clermont
Nephew of Pierre Flotte
†1301 -
17. Othon IV de Bourgogne
Count of Burgundy
†1303 -
18. Hugues VI de Châtillon
Count of Blois and Dunois
Lord of Châtillon
- Western Wall
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19. Pierre Flotte
Lord of Ravel
†1302 -
20. Isabeau de Bourgogne
Daughter of Duke Hugues IV -
21. Rochefort d'Aurouze
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22. Guichard de Châtelperron
Lord of Châtelperron -
23. Jean des Barres
Councilor of the King
Marshal of France
- Northern Wall
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24. Azenières
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25. Guérin de Montaigu
Lord of Montaigut -
26. Hugues IV de Damas-Couzan
Lord of Couzan -
27. Armand VII de Polignac
Viscount of Polignac -
28. Humbert-Guy de Chabannes
Co-Lord of Chabannes -
29. (Chevallard)
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30. (Montboissier)
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31. Roger de Clérieu
Lord of Clérieu -
32. Geoffroy de Clermont
Lord of Clermont -
33. Guillaume Aycelin
Lord of Brossolières, Montaigut and Montgilbert
Nephew of Pierre Flotte -
34. Jean de Grez
Viscount of Corbeil
Marshal of France
- Eastern Wall
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35. Geoffroy de Joinville
Lord of Vaucouleurs -
36. Jean de Charny
Lord of Charny and Lirey -
37. Enguerrand III de Marigny
Lord of Marigny and Longjumeau
Count of Longueville
Grand Chamberlain and Chancellor
of France -
38. Pierre VI de Chambly
Lord of Chambly, Presles and Montreuil
Chamberlain of the King -
39. Guillaume III d'Apchon
Lord of Apchon -
40. Unreadable
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41. Miles X de Noyers
Lord of Noyers
Marshal and Grand Bouteiller of France -
42. Hugues III de Bouville
Lord of Bouville, Farcheville and Milly
Chamberlain of France -
43. Artaud de Roussillon
Lord of Roussillon and Annonay -
44. Itier de Bréon
Lord of Merdogne -
45. Guigues de Roussillon
Lord of Anjou, Maymont and Serrières -
46. Jean II de Dampierre
Lord of Dampierre and L'Ecluse -
47. Bernard de la Tour
Lord of la Tour -
48. Gaucher V de Châtillon
Lord of Châtillon and Crécy
Count of Porcien
Constable of France -
49. Béraud de Mercoeur
Lord of Mercoeur
Constable of Champagne