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  6. Château du Fouilloux

Château du Fouilloux à Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux en Mayenne

Mayenne

Château du Fouilloux

    2 Fouilloux
    53240 Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux
Photo de Château du Fouilloux

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XIIe siècle
First seigneurial mentions
1542
Erection in chestnut
1601
Description of the old house
1785
Construction of the current castle
fin XIXe siècle
Reconstruction of communes
1er septembre 2016
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Château du Fouilloux, in total: the main body of houses (including the wing in return); the chapel with its base; the escape; landscape developments (the courtyard of honor with its entrance gate and gate, the vegetable garden with the degrees, the fence walls and retaining walls, the two greenhouses, the charmille with its statuary, the terrace in front of the castle to the south with its retaining walls); facades and roofs of the guard's pavilion, large buildings of communes (large communes, orangery, faisanderie and old chenil), according to the indicated right-of-way of a red line on the cadastral plan extract attached to the decree (cad. Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux A 91a, 92, 705, 706, 707, 708, 710; Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne A 1264) : registration by order of 1 September 2016

Key figures

Gervais de Brée - First known lord Mentioned in the 12th century.
Guy XII de Laval - Lord of Laval Érige Fouilloux in chestnutry (1542).
Louis-Joseph de Montecler - Governor of Laval Lord before 1686, buried in Saint-Tugal.
Jean-Baptiste Tellot - Lavallois architect Designs the current castle (1785).
Michel René François du Mans - Commander of the castle The building was built around 1785.
Michel du Mans de Bourglevesque - Mayor and Deputy Son of the sponsor, elected in 1829.

Origin and history

The Château du Fouilloux, located in Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux in Mayenne, was mentioned in the 12th century as a fief seigneurial. His first known lord, Gervais de Brée, is quoted in acts of that time. The estate, originally vassal de la châtellenie de Laval, was erected in 1542 by Guy XII de Laval. In 1601 it was described as a castle surrounded by ditches, with gardens and orchards enclosed with walls.

In the 17th century, Louis-Joseph de Montecler, governor of Laval, was the seigneur before the estate was acquired by Louis de la Chapelle. The present castle was built around 1785 by Michel René François du Mans, on the plans of architect Jean-Baptiste Tellot de Laval. It replaces an older home, of which there remains only a monumental fireplace. The house body, flanked by a square pavilion, comprises three levels and a terraced garden.

The communes were rebuilt in the late 19th century, and the gardens were renovated around 1920. The castle, including its 18th century chapel, landscape facilities and outbuildings, has been listed as historical monuments since 1 September 2016. It bears witness to the architectural and social evolution of a seigneurial estate that has become a modern aristocratic residence.

The estate extends over Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux and Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne, with protected elements such as the escape, greenhouses, and retaining walls. Its history reflects the transformations of the chestnuts in Mayenne, linked to local noble families such as the Laval, Montecler and Le Mans.

Michel René François du Mans' son, Michel du Mans de Bourglevesque, was mayor of Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux and deputy of Mayenne from 1829 to 1830. This political link illustrates the family's lasting influence on the region after the Revolution.

External links

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