<P> Château de la Motte is a chateau located in the commune of Joué - du - Plain (Orne) in Normandy, France . The chateau began as a Viking Motte - and - bailey castle and evolved into the 18th and 19th century Château seen today . The two most noted families who owned the site were the Gabriel Montgommerys and the Nicolas Angos, but its role as Resistance center in World War II may be its most notable episode . </P> <P> Long established Norman chateaus, like Château de la Motte, usually originate from motte - and - bailey castles constructed during the earliest Norman period in the 10th and 11th centuries . The bourgeois Ango family built much of Château de la Motte in the late 16th and early 18th century . They bought the original chateau from one of the most noted names in Normandy: the descendants of Gabriel de Montgomery I (Montgommery). In 1559, Montgomery had accidentally killed King Henry II of France in a joust . </P>

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