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Origin and history

Château de Vaurmbault, located in Montigné-le-Brillant in the department of Mayenne, consists of two distinct entities: Grand-Vaurmbault and Petit-Vaurmbault, separated by 800 metres. This domain was a fief dependent on the County of Laval, mentioned in 1407 under the name of Accommodation, Domain and Féage of Vaurmbault. The site includes a chapel dedicated to Saint Gildas, founded in 1493 by Macé Beloce, priest, thanks to a endowment of the places of the Mondière and the Forge.

In the 15th century, a seigneurial house already existed on the site, while a 19th century castle, surrounded by walled gardens, was built later on the old national road, near the Vicoin. The estate was also a high place of Protestantism in the 16th century: the brothers Lafant de la Patrière, including Pyrrhus, Gabriel and Georges, established a Protestant sermon there. A medieval tower, destroyed around 1860, was so wide that a coupled car could be turned there.

In 1794 the castle housed Pierre Landais, a notable suspect of royalist sympathies, whose son died fighting alongside the Vendéens. The chapel of Saint-Gildas, founded in 1493, was placed under the patronage of the lords of Vaurmbault. The domain thus illustrates both the feudal, religious and political history of Mayenne, marked by conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, as well as the upheavals of the Revolution.

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