Lorris - Sick Day

Sunday 17 – I woke up this morning feeling quite nauseous and although I did have breakfast of one croissant and a chocolate croissant but couldn’t keep it down and brought everything up before leaving. There was too much cheese last night and it was too fat on top of the spaghetti lunch. Fred wanted to show us Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire and collect lunch from the butcher shop, I went along against my better judgement. I took it very easy and stayed in the car for some time and once back on the farm was sick again and slept on the couch for the rest of the day until we returned to Lorris. Tonight, I slept all night through without stirring.

Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire - Guy de La Trémoille married the last remaining Sully, Marie de Sully, Princess of Boisbelle, and bought back the estate after it had been absorbed by the crown when the last remaining male Lord (Louis) had died. He undertook the construction of the new keep, flanked by four towers and a south facing entrance flanked by two towers containing a drawbridge across to the Inner Courtyard, beginning in 1395. He died in 1396 in the crusade of Nicopolis. Guy de La Trémoïlle's son Georges was chamberlain and favourite of Charles VII of France. In June 1429 he entertained the king and Joan of Arc at Sully as they carried out a campaign to recapture the bridging points of the Loire, in Meung 14/15 June and Beagency 17 June and were heading for Gien. Joan returned briefly to Sully in March 1430: By then she was being closely watched as she had broken the truce between Charles and the Burgundians after his coronation in July 1429 at Reims, by attacking Paris. She joined Charles at Sully Sur Loire in March at the family castle of her chief detractor, George de La Trémoille. She left without the king’s consent and was captured whilst on her way to Compiegne 23 May 1430.Read more