Chissay Castle
This old castle was built under Charles VII for the treasurer of France Pierre Bérard, husband of Anne de Ronsard. Charles VII and Louis XI stayed here, numerous royal acts attest to this. On April 19, 1543, Bérard sold the estate to Philibert Babou, lord of la Bourdaisière. The building then passed into the hands of the Duke of Choiseul until the eve of the Revolution. Choiseul cedes the castle to his friend Jean-Baptiste du Buc, a man of merit and good fortune, who will get to know the revolutionary prisons. At his death in 1795, Chissay was owned by Jacques Gaigneron, count of Marolles allied by his mother to the Empress Joséphine. For more than half a century, Gaigneron remained the owner of Chissay and mayor of the town.
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