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Origin and history

The castle of Monsterlant, located in the department of Oise, is mentioned for the first time in 1694 in a parish register evoking Claude César de Combes, lord of the place. The building, composed of a central body and two wings, combines bricks and ground stones, with a perron guarded by two terracotta lions. Upon the death of Claude César de Combes in 1707, the castle remained in his family until his redemption in 1755 by Antoine Millon, squire and seigneur of Monsterlant, who died there in 1777.

In 1843 Nicolas Charles Millon, great-grandfather of the writer Henry Millon de Montherlant, sold his shares of the estate to his brother Antoine Frédéric, who died three years later. The property is then divided: the castle passes to Mr.Jousselin, the farm to the former registrator Lebesque, and land to Mr.Daudin. In 1864, an imperial decree authorized the Millon family to add Montherlant to their name, formalizing their connection with the place.

The castle, used as a decor for the film Marie Curie (1965), has been listed as a historical monument since 2003. Its history reflects the inheritance and social transformations of the nobility and the local bourgeoisie from the 17th to the 19th century.

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