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La reine, Ysabeau de Bavière, ayant obtenu de Charles VI la forêt de Bière, Fontainebleau et Moret, procède à des travaux de réfection du château et y installe des bains. A compter de Charles VII, les rois de France, attirés par les bords de Loire, laissent le domaine à l'abandon.
Nous n'avons du château du moyen âge ni miniature ni description. On peut imaginer près du donjon
quelques constructions entourant la cour ovale; le couvent des mathurins à l'emplacement actuel de la chapelle de la
Trinité et quelques moulins dans les prés.
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The queen, Ysabeau of Bavaria
obtained from Charles VI the Forest of Bière, Fontainebleau and Moret. She subsequently had restoration
work done on the palace and had bathroom suites installed. Subsequent kings of France, from Charles VII onwards,
became more drawn by the attraction of the Loire Valley. The Fontainebleau estate was left to abandon.
There is no description or miniature depicting the mediaeval castle. We can only imagine, near the keep,
a few buildings rising up around the Oval Courtyard; and the Mathurins’ convent situated where the Trinity Chapel now is.
Plus a number of mills in the fields nearby.
This was just one royal residence among many the crown possessed in the Ile de France region. |
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 Tower in the Oval Courtyard Tour dans la Cour Ovale |