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 Château de Fresnay au Bourgneuf-la-Forêt en Mayenne

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Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château

Château de Fresnay

    8 Château de Fresnay
    53410 Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt
Private property
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Photo de Château de Fresnay
Crédit photo : Pymouss - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1492
Feudal conflict
30 août 1792
Revolutionary Pillage
mai 1793
Domestic arrest
1793
Deportation of Desdouet
14 juin 1994
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Constituent parts of the castle, communes and park: the castle, the northern wing of the communes, with the chapel (Box B 366); garden-closed floor (Box B 362); common court serving the pool (Box B 360); channel (Box B 365); vessel (Box B 359); Avenue along the canal (Box B 363); ring road in front of the west facade (Box B 367); courtyard-garden in front of the west facade (Box B 368); common with dovecote to the south (Box B 361); walled garden (Box B 356); border along the garden 356 (Box B 355); Main avenue from the southwest of the castle (Box B 376); deposit (Box B 1074); avenue from the northwest of the castle (Box B 402); way north (Box B 404); trianon, guard house (Box B 375); trianon, guard house (cad. B 383): registration by order of 14 June 1994

Key figures

Seigneur de Frênay (1492) - Lord of the fief Set up a seat at the church chanceau.
Frères Cottereau - Caulan figures Hidden by the servants in 1793.
Jean Bresteau - Chaplain Mentioned in 1677.
Jean-Pierre Desdouet - Chaplain Deported for royalist ties.
René-Antoine Le Gendre - Chaplain Died in 1690.

Origin and history

Fresnay Castle, located 1.2 km north of Bourgneuf-la-Forêt in Mayenne, is mentioned by cartographers such as Hubert Jaillot and the Cassini Map. He was a fief dependent on the seigneury of La Forêt and Ernée's chestnut. In 1492 the Lord of Frênay installed a seat at the chanceau of the church, recognizing the rights of the Lord of La Forêt. This fief, though modest, allowed its owners to free themselves from their vassality.

The present 17th-century castle has a double pavilion architecture. He was looted on 30 August 1792 by national guards, and his servants were arrested in May 1793 for sheltering the Cottereau brothers, figures of the Chouannerie. Despite the demands of the owners, the castle remained associated with this counter-revolutionary movement, the authorities claiming that it was its cradle.

The chapel of the castle, dedicated to Saint Anne, was served by chaplains such as Jean Bresteau (1677) or Jean-Pierre Desdouet, deported to England in 1793. The estate, including communes, a park, a pool and aisles, was classified as a Historic Monument in 1994. It symbolizes the turbulent history of Mayenne during the Revolution and Chouannery.

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