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Shortened history of the castle:

The castle was probably built in the early years of the twelfth century, and looked like a dungeon on a mound. Nothing is writen though about this castle appart from a text of 1387, which says that the castle was a small tower.

When the English armies marched over northern France, circa 1420, the Duchess of Anjou, Mayenne lady, ordered by royal decree, the destruction of the castle, too weak to stand up and already damaged in 1417.

Peace once achieved, King Charles VII, by letter dated February 8, 1458, allowed Jehan II de Vendome "to build his new castle on the old demolished and ruined site". In one year only, the imposing fortress visible today stood, in the shape of anirregular octagon, with 8 towers. This is a typical castle of mid-fifteenth century, taking into account the use of firearms, either in defense or in attack.

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