[1] In the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Joachim de Bellengreville, Grand Provost of France, acquired the seigniory of Abondant.

When he died in 1746, it was passed on to his son, Louis II du Bouchet de Sourches, Grand Prévôt of France.

[3] The main building was significantly enlarged with two symmetrical pavilions added to each end, along with kitchens and a grand staircase.

His widow, Louise-Élisabeth de Croÿ survived the French Revolution, and under the Restoration, she was made Duchess of Tourzel in 1816.

[4] In 1920, Paris-based American banker Henry Herman Harjes acquired the château from the Duchesse de Vallombrosa.

The outbuildings include a garage for eight cars, stables for thirty horses and kennels which have been used in the past for a pack of stag hounds.

[11]In 1937, his son Henry sold the château to Baron Jules de Koenigswarter of Paris and his wife, the former Pannonica "Nica" Rothschild.

[3] In 2018, restoration work supervised by Daniel Levevre, chief architect of buildings in France, was completed converting the Château into fifty-four apartments.