Château de Ham

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The Château de Ham (also called fort or forteresse de Ham) is a castle in the commune of Ham in the Somme département in Picardy, France. The early castle, whose construction is lost in the mists of time, is mentioned in a 1052 charter. During the 13th century, it was restored by Odon IV of Ham who gave the fortress its definitive shape, a polygonal enceinte broken up by large cylindrical towers.
Enguerrand de Coucy bought the seigneury in 1380 and his daughter sold it in 1400 to Louis d’ Orléans, who integrated it into his network of fortresses which included La Ferté-Milon, Pierrefonds and Fère-en-Tardenois. Louis began the reconstruction, perfected after 1418 by John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, who acquired the seigneury following Louis’ assassination.
John’s nephew, Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and constable to Louis XI in 1465, constructed a monumental keep in 1441. The Château de Ham was besieged several times, notably by Philip II of Spain in 1557. United with the French crown under the reign of Henri IV, it was transformed at the end of the 17th century by Vauban.

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