a magnificent Gothic chateau of France, department of Loire-et-Cher, 10 miles east of Blois, on the left bank of the Cosson. It was commenced by Francis I. in 1532, carried on by Henry II., and at length finished by Louis XIV. It is built of black stone, with a profusion of towers, turrets, and minarets; and the interior is fitted up with great magnificence. The park is inclosed by walls seven leagues in circumference. The castle was for some time the residence of Stanislaus king of Poland, father-in-law of Louis XV., and afterwards of Marshal de Saxe. It was given by Napoleon to Marshal Berthier, from whose widow it was purchased by subscription in 1821 for the Duke of Bordeaux. It gives the title of Count to the last of the older branch of the Bourbons.