Château de la Bozée en Mayenne

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Origin and history

The Château de la Bozée, located in Bazugers in the department of Mayenne, was a fief of Souvré. His history was marked by intermittent occupation: inhabited until 1630, he was again occupied by the Abbé du Tertre between 1736 and 1775. The estate included a seigneurial house, a chapel dedicated to Sainte-Anne, a mill and quarries. The chapel, founded in 1490 by Martine Le Bigot, widow of Guillaume Le Chevrier, was located at the place called the Boulay, with the mission to celebrate three weekly Masses.

The Cassini Map attests to the existence of the castle, as well as to the two agricultural entities that came from it: the Grande-Bozee (on the right bank of the Ouette, site of the old house) and the Petite-Bozee (3 km north-west, near the road of Louvigné). The fief was linked to seigneurial rights, as evidenced by the attempt of Pierre Duchemin du Flécheray in 1769 to impose on them the subjects of the chestnutry of Bazugers through a rent of wheat offered to the Count of Laval.

Historical sources, including the Titles of Souvré (1450) and the archives of Abbé Angot, also mention elements such as the mill, the quarries of the Sus, and the pious foundation of the chapel. Today, the castle remains only these two farms, symbols of its transformation after the disappearance of its seigneurial function.

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