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The Chastel surname is derived from the same roots as the French word "château", which means "castle".
The surname Chastel was first found in Artois, a former province of northern France where this illustrious family held a family seat with lands and manor for many centuries.
Chastel, Haute-Loire, is in the Haute-Loire department; Chastel, Haute-Loire, is in the Haute-Loire department; Chastel-Arnaud, is in the Drôme department; Chastel-Nouvel, is in the Lozère department; and Chastel-sur-Murat, is in the Cantal department.
Guigo I also known as Guigues du Chastel, Guigo de Castro and Guigo of Saint-Romain, (1083-1136), was a Carthusian monk and the 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse monastery in the 12th century.
Tanneguy III du Chastel (or Tanguy du Châtel) (1369-1449) was a French military leader of the Hundred Years' War. he was so well regarded the King Louis XI had him buried at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André (Loiret), where Louis XI himself was later buried in 1483.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chastel research. Another 101 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1274, 1616, 1618, 1635, 1644, 1681, 1683, 1684, 1694, 1703, 1712, 1716 and 1749 are included under the topic Early Chastel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Castel, Castet, Castets, Castex, Castelli, Ducastel, Delcastel and many more.
Notable in the family at this time was
In France, the name Chastel is the 2,795th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: