The chancellor Giac and his tower in Sancerre

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The story says Catherine, lady of l'Isle-Bouchard, married Pierre de Giac.

She was pretty, witty… and very rich. Men lost their mind and tried to seduce her…

Catherine finally took Georges de La Trémoille, chamberlain of France, as her lover, long before Giac death in 1427…

Georges arrested Giac, his former friend with whom he quarreled… and Georges became Catherine’s 4th husband.

But he died in strange conditions…