Tongrenelle

Tongrenelle
Tongrenelle
Hamlet
	Tongrenelle
	Coordinates: 50°30′41.27″N4°36′45.98″E / 50.5114639°N 4.6127722°E Coordinates: 50°30′41.27″N4°36′45.98″E / 50.5114639°N 4.6127722°E
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Municipality	Sombreffe
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Last updated March 17, 2023

Tongrenelle is a hamlet of Wallonia in the municipality of Sombreffe, district of Tongrinne, located in the province of Namur), Belgium.

It is east of the village of Ligny and north of the village of Boignée and on the south-eastern side of the village of Tongrinne.

Within the hamlet is the Ferme-Château de Tongrenelle. A castle existed on the site which entered the historical record in 1209. During the Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815 the castle, a formidable redoubt, was garrisoned by a contingent from the 3rd Battalion of the Prussian 27th Regiment. during the first half of the 19th century the castle fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1860. What remains is now a moated manor house with buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[2]^[3]^[1]

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↑ The moat fed by the Ligny ^[1]

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References

"Ferme-Château de Tongrenelle", Sambre Orneau (in French), 18 April 2014, retrieved 23 October 2016
Siborne, William (1848), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable
Uffindell, Andrew (2015), The Eagle's Last Triumph: Napoleon at Ligny, June 1815 (illustrated ed.), The History Press, p. ~224, ISBN 9780750967020

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[2] The moat fed by the Ligny ^[1]

[FOOTNOTESambre_Orneau2014-1] 1 2 Sambre Orneau 2014.

[FOOTNOTEUffindell2015~224-3] Uffindell 2015, p. ~224.

[FOOTNOTESiborne1848211-4] Siborne 1848, p. 211.

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