Donneloye

Geschichte

Donneloye is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryDonneloye is first mentioned in 1150 as Donnolui.In the 12th century the village was dominated by a branch of a noble family from Goumoens by the name of Donneloye.The river Mentue flows through the commune. The first stone bridge over this river was built during the Bernese period in 1754. Later becoming too narrow, it was widened in 1892 to form the present bridge on the Yverdon/Moudon road.On 11 March 2007, the community decided to merge their commune with those of the neighbouring Gossens and Mézery-près-Donneloye communes, with effect from 1 January 2008.The municipality Prahins merged on 1 January 2012 into Donneloye.The Château of DonneloyeThe château of Donneloye was probably first built in the 15th century and passed through many hands from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Charles III, Duke of Savoy sold it in 1534 to Marguerite de Bellevaux, who sold it on to Guillaume Regnauld who in turn sold it to Marguerite de Chanéaz in 1597.After passing through other hands, the château was purchased in 1652 by Jean-Philippe Loys, whose family possessed it until the end of the 18th century, when the conseiller d'état Jacques-François Viquerat (1838–1904) bought it.