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14-453: The museum is housed in the "Hotel de Clerjotte", built in 1470-1480 by Louis Clergeat, taxman for Charles de France , Duke of Guyenne , and master of Île de Ré. Clergeat seems to have given his name to the building (the "House of Clergeatte") to become "Hotel de Clerjotte" today. The building was expanded in the 16th and 17th centuries, with two lateral constructions equipped with hallways and arcades. In 1684, Jean Gabaret, Lieutenant General of

28-597: A historical monument, and, after some service for the Navy, was given to the city, which transformed it into a Museum. The Hotel de Clerjotte, currently under renewal, houses the Ernest Cognac Museum, named after Ernest Cognacq , founder of the La Samaritaine Department store and benefactor of the museum. A new contemporary wings houses various displays related to the history of the island. The garden behind

42-645: The Duchy of Aquitaine , recently won back from the Kings of England in 1453. Thenceforth Charles quartered the royal arms of France (differenced by a bordure engrailed gules ) with one of the three lions of Plantagenet , to signify the duchy. Charles also agreed with the Duke of Burgundy to marry the latter's only child and heir, Mary of Burgundy . Louis had no intention of allowing a union between his brother and his enemy's daughter and dispatched envoys to Pope Paul II to ensure that

56-700: The Duchy of Berry as an appanage . Dissatisfied with this, Charles joined with Charles, Count of Charolais , and other powerful nobles such as Francis II, Duke of Brittany in the League of the Public Weal in May 1465 and they placed him at the head of their league. This started a rebellion which ended in October with the Treaty of Conflans between Louis XI and the Count of Charolais. Under

70-677: The High Middle Ages , the province was famous for the Champagne fairs , which were very important in the economy of the Western societies. The chivalric romance had its first beginnings in the county of Champagne with the famous writer Chrétien de Troyes who wrote stories of the Round Table from the Arthurian legends . A few counts of Champagne were French kings with the comital title merging with

84-497: The Treaty of Ancenis with Louis, promising to abandon the former Count of Charolais, now Duke of Burgundy. In October 1468 Louis was imprisoned by Charles of Burgundy during a conference at Péronne . In order to obtain his release, Louis agreed to grant Champagne to his brother as compensation for Normandy . Once free, Louis reneged on the promises made under duress but in April 1469, he finally reconciled with his brother, granting him

98-508: The French crown in 1314. Formerly ruled by the counts of Champagne , its western edge is about 160 km (100 miles) east of Paris. The cities of Troyes , Reims , and Épernay are the commercial centers of the area. In 1956, most of Champagne became part of the French administrative region of Champagne-Ardenne , which comprised four departments: Ardennes , Aube , Haute-Marne , and Marne . From 1 January 2016, Champagne-Ardenne merged with

112-560: The Royal Navy and a Protestant , became the owner of the house. With the rise of nearby Rochefort as a key shipbuilding harbour for the Royal French Navy, Saint Martin de Ré was fortified following the designs of Vauban , and the Hotel de Clerjotte was acquired by Intendant Begon to become an arsenal . The building remained an arsenal until the 20th century. In 1929, it was designated as

126-559: The adjoining regions of Alsace and Lorraine to form the new region of Grand Est . The name Champagne , formerly written Champaigne , comes from French meaning "open country" (suited to military maneuvers) and from Latin campanius meaning "level country" or "plain" which is also the derivation of the name of the Italian region of Campania . The toponym dates back to the Renaissance describing its vast chalk lined flat landscape. In

140-486: The crown. With his mistress Colette de Chambes he had: Champagne (province) Champagne ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃paɲ] ) was a province in the northeast of the Kingdom of France , now best known as the Champagne wine region for the sparkling white wine that bears its name in modern-day France. The County of Champagne , descended from the early medieval kingdom of Austrasia , passed to

154-746: The museum holds a monument with a statue of George Washington , first President of the United States. The base of the monument features a medallion representing Nicolas Martiau , a direct ancestor of George Washington. The monument was inaugurated on October 11, 2007, by the ambassador of the United States to France. The filiation between the two men is described on the monument: 46°12′19″N 1°21′55″W  /  46.20528°N 1.36528°W  / 46.20528; -1.36528 Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry Charles ( French : Charles de France ; 26 December 1446 – 24/25 May 1472), Duke of Berry , later Duke of Normandy and Duke of Aquitaine ,

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168-568: The necessary dispensation , required on grounds of consanguinity , was not granted. Louis was unsuccessful in this endeavour, as the Pope granted the dispensation. Still, the marriage plan came to nothing as Charles died at Bordeaux in May 1472, probably from a combination of tuberculosis and a venereal disease contracted from his mistress Colette de Chambes, the wife of Louis d'Amboise, Viscount of Thouars . Charles died 24/25 May 1472 and left no legitimate issue. His apanage of Berry returned to

182-464: The treaty, Charles was granted the Duchy of Normandy as an additional appanage. He proved unable to control his new possession and ran into conflict with his former ally Francis II of Brittany. Louis dispatched the royal army to Normandy and assumed direct royal control of the Duchy. Charles, now reconciled with Duke Francis, fled to Brittany, where he remained until September 1468, when he and Francis signed

196-606: Was a son of Charles VII , King of France . He spent most of his life in conflict with his elder brother, King Louis XI . Charles was born at Tours , last child and fourth son of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou . As his elder brother, the Dauphin Louis, had repeatedly run into conflict with his father and since 1456 was living in exile at the court of Burgundy , some expected the crown to pass to Charles. When Charles VII died in 1461, however, Louis XI succeeded nonetheless. After his accession, Louis XI granted his younger brother

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