Bellevue Castle, locally known as Château de Bellevue, lies west of the city of Sedan, in the Ardennes department in France.Bellevue Castle is known as being the site where, in 1870, the French Emperor Napoleon III came to surrender to William I, the German Emperor, after the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War. Napoleon was first met here by Otto von Bismarck, the German General and Chancellor, who forced him to sign his capitulation papers before William arrived. Hours later William arrived and Napoleon handed over his sword.
Bellevue Castle is private property
