Europe's Haunting Castles

Three of the most famous European castles that are still haunted. In all of these cases, the ghosts were of high-ranking families, even royalty. Château de Brissac is located in the French commune of Brissac-Quincey, Maine-et-Loire department. Built in the 11th century, the castle is said to have a homegrown ghost, la Dame Vert or the "Green Lady". In 1435, the fortress was given to King Charles VII's loyal paladin Pierre de Brézé On March 1, 1462, his son Jacques, the seneschal of Normandy and comte de Maulévrier, married the 16-year-old illegitimate daughter of the French king Charles VII from his affair with Agnès Sorel. In addition, Charlotte de Valois was the half-sister of another French monarch, Louis XI.