[1] In 1639, the estate was acquired by King Louis XIII's Minister of Finance Claude de Bullion (the close ally of Cardinal Richelieu).

From the windows of the château is seen an expanse of green sward, in which herds of deer roam freely, cut off by a wire fence from the rest of the domain.

In the 1890s, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), spent three days at the château with the Duke of Doudeauville, who had served as the Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom from 1873 to 1874.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the south and west façades were demolished, and the others were remodeled in the French Baroque style by the addition of avant-corps topped with triangular pediments.

In 1865, architect Henri Parent again renovated the façades, transforming the château into the fashionable Renaissance style by adding watchtowers and dormer windows.

The Duke of Doudeauville also had the park redesigned by the Swiss landscape gardeners, and brothers, Denis and Eugène Bühler (who had designed the Parc du Thabor in Rennes).