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(Not like I had a say in this - @Joakim you can leave it unlinked or rename it to something else if you wish. Can you just please don't delete it in any case : I'd like to work on it and make some changes based on the post restoration video of the room)
 
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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.<br>
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.<br>
Pierre Flotte (d.1302), councillor of Philippe IV le Bel, received the castle as a gift from the king in 1294.<br>
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)<br>
The shield of Louis de France, as king of Navarre, used after his mother's death in 1305, allows us to date the realization of those wall paintings between 1305 and 1314.<br>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, datation and main programs/identifications of the original 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.
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.


<gallery caption="Southern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<gallery caption="Southern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Capet_Ancient.svg|1. Philippe IV de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of France</span>
Capet_Ancient.svg|1. Philippe IV<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of France<br>†1314</span>
England_Segar.svg|2. Edward II Plantagenêt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England</span>
England_Segar.svg|2. Edward II Plantagenêt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England<br>†1307<br>Brother-in-law of Philippe IV</span>
Capet_Navarre.svg|3. Louis X de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Navarre<br>Count of Champagne</span>
Capet_Navarre.svg|3. Louis de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Future Louis X<br>†1316<br>Son of Philippe IV</span>
Valois.svg|4. Charles de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Valois</span>
Valois.svg|4. Charles de Valois<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois<br>†1325<br>Brother of Philippe IV</span>
Ravel 5 Evreux.svg|5. Louis de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Evreux</span>
RAV05 Evreux.svg|5. Louis d'Evreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Evreux<br>†1319<br>Half-brother of Philippe IV</span>
Blank.svg|6. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Blank.svg|6. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Possible hint of a lion's tail in second quarter for Castile</span>
Capet_Bourbon.svg|7. Robert de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Lord of Bourbon</span>
Capet_Bourbon.svg|7. Robert de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Lord of Bourbon<br>†1317<br>Uncle of Philippe IV</span>
Dauphin_Auvergne_Gelre.svg|8. Robert III Dauphin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dauphin d'Auvergne<br>Count of Clermont-Auvergne</span>
Dauphin_Auvergne_Gelre.svg|8. Robert III Dauphin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Dauphin of Auvergne<br>†1324</span>
Burgundy.svg|9. Hugues V de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Burgundy</span>
Burgundy.svg|9. Robert II de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Burgundy<br>†1306<br>Uncle of Philippe IV</span>
Ravel 10 Auvergne.svg|10. Robert VI d'Auvergne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Auvergne and Boulogne</span>
Ravel 10 Auvergne.svg|10. Robert VI d'Auvergne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Auvergne and Boulogne<br>†1317</span>
Pierre_I_de_Dreux.svg|11. Arthur II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany</span>
Pierre_I_de_Dreux.svg|11. Jean II de Dreux-Bretagne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany<br>†1305</span>
Forez.svg|12. Jean de Forez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Forez</span>
Ravel 12 Forez.svg|12. Jean de Forez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Forez<br>†1334</span>
Dreux.svg|13. Jean II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Dreux<br>Chambrier of France</span>
Dreux.svg|13. Jean II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Dreux and Braine<br>†1309</span>
Ravel 14 Chatillon Saint Pol.svg|14. Guy IV de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Saint Pol<br>Grand Bouteiller of France</span>
Ravel 14 Chatillon Saint Pol.svg|14. Guy IV de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Saint Pol<br>Grand Bouteiller of France<br>†1317</span>
Champagne.svg|15. Louis X de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Champagne<br>King of Navarre</span>
Champagne.svg|15. Etienne II de Sancerre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Sancerre<br>†1306</span>
Ravel 16 Clermont.svg|16. Aubert Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Bishop of Clermont</span>
Ravel 16 Clermont.svg|16. Jean Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Bishop of Clermont<br>†1301<br>Nephew of Pierre Flotte</span>
Comte Bourgogne Bergshammar.svg|17. Robert de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Burgundy</span>
Comte Bourgogne Bergshammar.svg|17. Othon IV de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Burgundy<br>†1303</span>
Bazoches.svg|18. Hugues de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Leuze and Condé</span>
Chatillon.svg|18. Hugues VI de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Blois and Dunois<br>†1307</span>
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Western Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<gallery caption="Western Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Ravel 19 Flotte.svg|19. Guillaume Flotte<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Ravel</span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Ravel 20 Isabeau de Bourgogne.svg|20. Isabeau de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Daughter of Duke Hugues IV</span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Ravel 21.svg|21. Rochefort d'Aurouze<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Ravel 22 Chatelperron.svg|22. Guichard de Châtelperron<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtelperron</span>
Ravel 19 Flotte.svg|19. Pierre Flotte<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Ravel<br>†1302</span>
Ravel 23 Jean des Barres.svg|23. Jean des Barres<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Councilor of the King<br>Marshal of France</span>
Ravel 20 Isabeau de Bourgogne.svg|20. Isabelle de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lady of Vieux-Château<br>†1323<br>Widow of Rudolf von Habsburg, King of the Romans</span>
Ravel 21.svg|21. Bertrand de Rochefort<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Aurouze</span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Ravel 22 Chatelperron.svg|22. Guichard de Châtelperron<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtelperron and<br>La Ferté-Chauderon<br>†1302</span>
Ravel 23 Jean des Barres.svg|23. Jean des Barres<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Councillor of the King<br>Marshal of France</span> <!-- The lozengy appears to be Or-Gules -->
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Northern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<gallery caption="Northern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Ravel 24 Azenieres.svg|24. Azenières<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Ravel 24 Azenieres.svg|24. Laire-Azenières<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Ravel 25 Montaigu.svg|25. Guérin de Montaigu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montaigut</span>
Ravel 25 Montaigu.svg|25. <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Damas.svg|26. Hugues IV de Damas-Couzan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Couzan</span>
Damas.svg|26. Hugues IV de Damas-Couzan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Couzan</span>
Ravel 27.svg|27. Armand VII de Polignac<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscount of Polignac</span>
Ravel 27.svg|27. Armand VII de Polignac<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscount of Polignac</span>
Ravel 28.svg|28. Humbert Guy de Chabannes<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Chabannes</span>
Ravel 28.svg|28. <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Ravel 29.svg|29. (Châtelard)<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Ravel 29.svg|29. (Chevallard)<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Mérindol mixed up (and probably authors before him) Châtelard (from Dauphiné, Or 3 chevrons Azure) with Chevallard (from Auvergne & Forez, lozengy Or & Azure a chief Gules) -->
Ravel 30.svg|30. (Raybe)<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Ravel 31 Clerieu.svg|31. Roger de Clérieu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clérieu</span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Clermont_Chaste.svg|32. Jean de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Chaste</span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Ravel 33 Aycelin.svg|33. Gilles Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Archbishop of Narbonne</span>
Blank.svg|Destroyed
Corbeil.svg|34. Jean de Grez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscount of Corbeil<br>Marshal of France</span>
Ravel 30.svg|30. <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Montboissier, Montmorin (known design is from a cadet branch) -->
Ravel 31 Clerieu.svg|31. Roger III de Clérieu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clérieu<br>†1304<br>Diplomat for Humbert,<br> Dauphin of Viennois<br>with Pierre Flotte</span><!-- Councillor & diplomat for Humbert de la Tour since at least 1283 when he negotiated the marriage of the dauphin's daughter with Aymar de Poitiers -->
Clermont-Tonnerre.svg|32. Geoffroy de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clermont<br>†1304<br>Councillor of Humbert,<br>Dauphin of Viennois</span><!-- Another councillor of Humbert de la Tour in the 1280's so certainly a longtime career relation of Pierre Flotte -->
Ravel 33 Aycelin.svg|33. Guillaume Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Brossolières, Montaigut and Montgilbert<br>Nephew of Pierre Flotte</span>
Corbeil.svg|34. Jean de Corbeil<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Gretz<br>†1318</span><!-- Beauvais dit Corbeil -->
</gallery>
</gallery>




<gallery caption="Eastern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<gallery caption="Eastern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Wijnbergen 534 Geoffroy de Joinville.svg|35. Geoffroy de Joinville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Vaucouleurs</span>
Wijnbergen 534 Geoffroy de Joinville.svg|35. Joinville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Probably not Vaucouleurs in the context of France, more likely his elder brother with his nephew Jean de Charny next -->
Ravel 36 Charny.svg|36. Jean de Charny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Charny and Lirey</span>
Ravel 36 Charny.svg|36. Jean de Charny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Charny and Lirey</span>
Le Portier de Marigny.svg|37. Enguerrand III de Marigny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron of Le Portier<br>Grand Chamberlain and Chancellor<br> of France</span>
Le Portier de Marigny.svg|37. Enguerrand III de Marigny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Marigny and Longjumeau<br>Count of Longueville<br>Grand Chamberlain and Chancellor<br>of France</span>
Ravel 38 Chambly.svg|38. Pierre VI de Chambly<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Chambly, Presles and Montreuil<br>Chamberlain of the King</span>
Ravel 38 Chambly.svg|38. Pierre VI de Chambly<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Chambly, Presles and Montreuil<br>Chamberlain of the King</span>
Apchon.svg|39. Guillaume III d'Apchon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Apchon</span>
Apchon.svg|39. Guillaume III d'Apchon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Apchon<br>Constable of Auvergne</span>
Blank.svg|40. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Blank.svg|40. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Noyers.svg|41. Miles X de Noyers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Noyers<br>Marshal and Grand Bouteiller of France</span>
Noyers.svg|41. Miles X de Noyers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Noyers<br>Marshal and Grand Bouteiller of France</span><!-- Barely anything left of it. Maybe it was more readable 25 years ago (or Mérindol somehow mixed Bouville and Noyers not being readable ?) -->
Blank.svg|42. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Bouville.svg|42. Hugues III de Bouville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bouville, Farcheville and Milly<br>Chamberlain of France</span>
Roussillon Annonay Embrun.svg|43. Giraud de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Anjou and Maymont</span>
Roussillon Annonay.svg|43. Artaud de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Roussillon and Annonay<br>Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont</span>
Ravel 44 Breon.svg|44. Itier de Bréon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Merdogne</span>
Ravel 44 Breon.svg|44. Itier de Bréon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Merdogne</span>
Ivrea Ancient.svg|45. Renaud de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Montbéliard</span>
Roussillon Bouchage.svg|45. Guigues de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Anjou, Maymont and Serrières<br>Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont</span>
Ravel 46 Beaujeu.svg|46. Guichard de Beaujeu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Beaujeu</span>
Ravel 46 Jean-Dampierre.svg|46. Jean II de Dampierre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Dampierre and L'Ecluse</span>
Tour.svg|47. Bernard de la Tour<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of la Tour</span>
Tour.svg|47. Bernard de la Tour<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of la Tour<br>Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont</span>
Chatillon-Porcien.svg|48. Gaucher V de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtillon and Crécy<br>Count of Porcien<br>Constable of France</span>
Chatillon-Porcien.svg|48. Gaucher V de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtillon and Crécy<br>Constable of Champagne</span>
Mercœur.svg|49. Béraud de Mercoeur<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Mercoeur<br>Constable of Champagne</span>
Mercœur.svg|49. Béraud de Mercoeur<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Mercoeur<br>Baillif of Auvergne</span>
</gallery>
</gallery>

Latest revision as of 14:01, 21 September 2025

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.