Château de Forchies-la-Marche

Fontaine-l'Évêque, Belgium, Belgium

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The Château de Forchies‑la‑Marche, in the village of Forchies‑la‑Marche (part of the municipality of Fontaine‑l’Évêque, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium), was an ancient medieval stronghold positioned on the frontier between the County of Hainaut and the Prince‑Bishopric of Liège, with its seigneury of la Marche already linked to that of Fontaine‑l’Évêque from the 14th and 15th centuries.

The site originally hosted a medieval fortress dating from the 14th–15th centuries, which was later remodelled in the 18th century, and the feudal district historically included two lordships (Forchies and la Marche) that were united in a single fief belonging since the 15th century to the feudal court of Hainaut and later owned by families such as the Denrekode (Philippe Denrekode, comte de Middelbourghe) and Adrien de Rodoan, who became comte de Rodoan et de Forchies‑la‑Marche in 1755.