The Menier family, famous for their chocolates, bought the dilapidated château and asked Bernard Voisin to restore this once used as hospital during World War 1.
Château de Chenonceau in France, was designed by Philibert Delorme and built in the 11th century.
The original manor was torched in 1411 to punish owner Jean Marques for an act of sedition. He rebuilt a castle and fortified mill on the site in the 1430s. Subsequently, his indebted heir Pierre Marques sold the castle to Thomas Bohier, Chamberlain for King Charles VIII of France in 1513. Bohier destroyed the existing castle and built an entirely new residence between 1515 and 1521; the work was sometimes overseen by his wife Katherine Briçonnet, who delighted in hosting French nobility, including King François I on two occasions.
for more of the history of the castle, go to Château de Chenonceau.
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