Tusey

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Tusey is a small hamlet of Vaucouleurs on the Meuse in France. It is sometimes spelled Tuzey or Touzy. The place appears in records from 859–865 as Tusey-sur-Meuse. In 860, a church council was held there from October 22 to November 7, under King Charles the Bald. The royal palace was in nearby Vaucouleurs. Tusey’s importance declined in the Middle Ages. A large square stone, about a meter on each side and known locally as the borne d'Empire, is thought to mark a boundary from the 1299 meeting between Philip IV of France and Albert I of Germany (the Emperor and the King) in a forest area that later became Quatre-Vaux. The boundary markers from that meeting were topped with bronze pieces, removed during Henry II’s reign; the hole for the bronze attachment is still visible on the stone. In 1832 Pierre Adolphe Muel started a foundry at Tusey. It later became Muel et Wahl in 1840. Zégut took over in 1862, then Louis Gasne in 1874. From 1896 to 1904 it was owned by Dufilhol et Chapal, and after Dufilhol’s death by Laurent Chevailler. Pierre Esch took over in 1935, and the foundry closed in 1963.