Katherine Briçonnet
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Katherine Briçonnet
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Katherine Briçonnet was a French noblewoman, daughter of Guillaume Briçonnet and wife of Thomas Bohier. She was influential in designing the Château de Chenonceau. Her husband had purchased the site which contained the ruins of an earlier fortress as he wished to build a Renaissance château there. It was Katherine who supervised the construction work between 1513 and 1521, taking important architectural decisions while her husband was away fighting in the Italian wars. In particular, she oversaw
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French noblewoman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Bri%C3%A7onnet
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2023-09-16T05:15:29Z
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