Beaufort Castle, Medieval castle ruins in Huy, Belgium

Beaufort Castle is a fortress ruin in Huy that rises from a large rocky outcrop, displaying the remains of a rectangular structure with walls from different building periods. The surviving sections are easy to explore and give a clear sense of how the structure once functioned.

Built at the end of the 12th century, the castle was the seat of the small lordship of Beaufort, which included Ahin, Ben, Gives, Saint-Léonard, La Sarte-à-Ben and Solières. Positioned on the border between the principality of Liège and the county of Namur, it was drawn into frontier conflicts, including the War of the Cow (1275–1278). In 1430 the lordship was joined to the Burgundian Netherlands, and in 1554 French troops destroyed the castle.

The castle was the seat of the small lordship of Beaufort, held by the Beaufort family, whose lands covered Ahin, Ben, Gives, Saint-Léonard, La Sarte-à-Ben and Solières. In 1761 Marie-Robertine de Beaufort, last of the line, married Jacques-Ignace de Liedekerke. The ruin still belongs to the Beaufort family, and guided tours are organised there in August.

Guided tours of the donjon are organised during the month of August; outside that period the ruin is not open to visitors. The site stands on a rocky spur above Ben-Ahin, where the Solières meets the Meuse on the right bank, near Huy.

The only surviving remnant is the keep, a tall fragment of rough grey-brown masonry whose jagged top rises above the trees of Ben-Ahin. The castle was destroyed by French troops in 1554, and the seigneurie passed in 1761 to the Liedekerke family through Marie-Robertine de Beaufort, the last of her line. The ruin still belongs to the Beaufort family, and guided tours are held in August.