Jeanne d'Angoulême holding in Etchū Province in 1639, the forming Toyama Domain; however, initially his fief did not include Toyama Castle. Unable to raise funds to build his own castle, in 1659 he reached an agreement with Kaga Domain to exchange some of holdings for Toyama Castle and the surrounding lands. In 1661, he received permission from the Tokugawa shogunate to rebuild the castle and to lay out a new castle town. His descendants ruled over Toyama from here until the Meiji Restoration. Many of the structures of the castle and its rampant were destroyed by the 1858 Hietsu earthquake, and most 	Toyama Castle
2154772	of what survived was destroyed by order of the new Meiji government in 1871. Current. After the remaining structures of the castle were removed, the Toyama Prefectural office was built on site of the Inner bailey. This building burned down in 1899, was reconstructed in 1900 and burned down again in 1933. The castle site became a park, and was used for many public rallies prior to, and during, World War II. The castle site was also ground zero for the Toyama Air Raid of August 2, 1945. A faux reproduction of the donjon of Toyama Castle was built in 	Toyama Castle
2154773	1954 in ferro-concrete, and houses the and the , noted for its collection of utensils for tea ceremonies and antiques. The only original structures of the castle which have survived are one gate (the and discontinuous portions of the original moats and stoneworks. The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017. Toyama Castle Background. Toyama Castle is located at the center of modern current Toyama city. The surrounding area is roughly in the geographic center of Etchū Province and is a wide plain with a number of large rivers. A fortification was initially 	Toyama Castle
2154774	Jeanne d'Angoulême Jeanne d'Angoulême Jeanne d'Angoulême, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine (c. 1490 – after 1531/1538), Dame de Givry", "Baroness of Pagny and of Mirebeau", was an illegitimate half-sister of King Francis I of France and princess Marguerite de Navarre. She was created "suo jure" Countess of Bar-sur-Seine in 1522. She was the wife of Jean de Longwy, Seigneur of Givry, Baron of Pagny and of Mirebeau. Life. Jeanne was born in Angoulême about 1490, the illegitimate daughter of Charles, Count of Angoulême and his mistress Antoinette de Polignac. Antoinette served as the chatelaine of the Charles' chateaux, and became  a lady-in-waiting and confidante to his young wife Louise of Savoy whom he married on 16 February 1488. When Charles died on 1 January 1496, Jeanne, her sisters, and her mother Antoinette were allowed to remain in the Angoulême household now presided over by Louise of Savoy, the widowed Countess. In 1499, Louise moved the family from the chateau of Cognac to the court of King Louis XII, who was her father's cousin. Jeanne was raised alongside her legitimate Angoulême siblings, Francis, who was now the Count of Angoulême, Duke of Valois and heir presumptive to the  Kingdom of France, and Marguerite. She was legitimised in Lyon in August 1501 by Louis XII on the occasion of her marriage. Jeanne had a full sister, Madeleine (died 26 October 1543), who became Abbess of Fontevrault and another half-sister, Souveraine (died 23 February 1551), from Charles' relationship with Jeanne le Conte. By her mother's marriage to Béraud of L'Espinasse, Seigneur de Combronde, Jeanne had another half-sister, Françoise of L'Espinasse. Jeanne's half-brother, Francis was crowned King of France on 25 January 1515. On 24 March 1522, she was created "suo jure" Countess Bar-sur-Seine  by her half-brother Francis, who had succeeded Louis as King in 1515. Jeanne married her first husband, Jean Aubin, Seigneur de Malicorne, in August 1501. The marriage was childless. Sometime after his death, she married Jean IV de Longwy, Seigneur de Givry, Baron of Pagny and of Mirebeau, by whom she had three daughters: Jeanne's husband died in 1520. His titles were inherited by their eldest daughter, Françoise. Jeanne served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Eleanor of Austria, in 1535-1538. Jeanne died on an unknown date sometime after 1538. Her youngest daughter, Jacqueline  succeeded her as Countess of Bar-sur-Seine. Jeanne d'Angoulême Jeanne d'Angoulême, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine (c. 1490 – after 1531/1538), "Dame de Givry", "Baroness of Pagny and of Mirebeau", was an illegitimate half-sister of King Francis I of France and princess Marguerite de Navarre. She was created "suo jure" Countess of Bar-sur-Seine in 1522. She was the wife of Jean de Longwy, Seigneur of Givry, Baron of Pagny and of Mirebeau. Life. Jeanne was born in Angoulême about 1490, the illegitimate daughter of Charles, Count of Angoulême and his mistress Antoinette de Polignac. Antoinette served as