[1] The château was once owned by Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, a cousin of Louis XIV known as "La Grande Mademoiselle".

[2] Following a fire in the 1860s, a wing of the château was rebuilt and two circular towers were added to the building.

In the mid-19th century, it was visited by the French novelist George Sand, who described the area as "la vallée noire" (the black valley).

François-Louis du Pouget de Nadaillac escorted Marie Antoinette to France in 1770.

[3] The "Chêne du Not", a historic massive oak tree, is located nearby the château.