Château de Levesville

Château de Levéville or Levesville, one of the Châteaux of the Loire Valley, is situated in Bailleau-l'Évêque on the outskirts of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department of France.

It was probably Michel le Vacher who, between 1479 and 1506, ordered a new castle to be built with the main residential structure encircled by a moat.

In July 1610, François III Briçonnet, the reign counselor and administrator of the Paris Chamber of Accounts, became the new owner of the castle.

After his marriage to Anne des Landes, the Lady of Magneville, he issued an order for the castle to be reconstructed in the style of Louis XIII.

According to local traditions, the Barthélémy brothers were told to be close friends of Alexandre Dumas, who made several visits to Levéville.

In 1976, Château de Levéville was inscribed on the list of monuments historiques by the French Ministry of Culture.

[1] In 2005, the château was sold to Alexey Semin, the chairman of the board of directors of the ASG Investment group of companies.