During the renovations, she included sculpted busts on the façade of Amaury, their two sons Dordet and Robert, their daughter Nine and her husband François de Scorailles, and Jeanne herself.

A second sale of interior decorations took place on 11 December 1903, but was less profitable for the sellers, therefore, the château was sold in 1908 to the industrialist Maurice Fenaille.

[2] Between 1908 and 1913, Maurice Fenaille undertook the restoration of the château, using his fortune to find, buy or make copies made of items that were scattered around the world.

On 13 September 1913, before President Raymond Poincaré and Anatole de Monzie, he donated the restored château to the French State with life tenancy for himself and his three daughters.

After the Belgian surrender to the Nazis, the royal children left the château in France for San Sebastián in Spain on June 21, 1940.

[5] Since 1 October 2006, the Château de Montal has been under the responsibility of the Centre des monuments nationaux and open to visitors.