Castle Saint-Omer in Arras,
France
It is said throughout Europe
that one cannot travel 5 miles without seeing the remains of at least one
castle. This is more than true of France, where several races fought to
secure their hard won heritage and grow into neighbouring lands to preserve
their rights for the next generation.
Saint-Omer Castle dates back
to the ancient Normans and Vikings who settled the Flanders, Arras area.
In modern records we have found
traces of the Castle Saint-Omer showing that the status of the property
is now – “data unavailable”.
Notes on the history of Castle
Saint-Omer through the centuries, show the following in the earliest records;
Bagod d'Arras, Carlovingian Counts.
Many families were affiliated
with this ancient relic throughout the centuries of illustrious history,
whether as lords, guardians, paxmen or servants and here’s a sampling of
just some of those families; - d' Arras.
Why not check which castle your
family was associated with in the pages of history?(As
you can see, they have now gone ofline. It seems that they still have their
Domain Name and have not yet abondoned their site since they must have
evidently given Godaddy the availability to use it.
Maybe there will come a time
when they will come back again and give us much more information than they
once had. That would be a very nice to see that they have digged out things
that have never been found before. Let us hope this to be the case. Oh
well, we will just wait and see.) JMB
Our combines Search Engine query
brings you samplings of the research that its taken us over 25 years to
compile on each family history.
A castle is just a small part
of the intricate tapestry of the history of each ancient family.
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