The Seigneurie or Châtellenie or Fief of Launay makes casual appearance in documents dating to the early 11th century.

Reference to the current Château de Launay first appears in the late 14th century in the form of transfer documents.

[1] The history of Launay, at one time one of the most powerful seigneuries in western France, is steeped in the events of the last 600 years.

Seigneur (lord) Robin de Launay was the most powerful of the 22 vassals to the Count of Bresteau whose lands spanned seven parishes in western France.

According to several accounts, Gabrielle was more than willing to marry Charles but her mother Anne de St. Germain was strongly opposed.

Ultimately, Gabrielle and Charles married in a clandestine ceremony near Château de Launay on 28 December 1523.

It was specified that their corpses should remain on display in front of the gates to Anne's castle (Château de Bonnétable).

Taking advantage of the imprisonment of François I, following his defeat at the Battle of Paire, Charles appealed to the Duchess of Angoulême.

Jehan died sometime before 1640, Jacquine then regained the position of Dame de Launay as well as the other seigneuries that had been controlled by her husband.

According to the Charter of Launay, on 23 April 1650, Robert le Balleur, knight, Seigneur de Landres, Knight of the Royal Order, Chamberlain to the King, Sherif of Perche, Seigneur de Launay, Vaibesnard, and Pouvray, made an oath of filet to the Count of Bresteau.

In 1694 Henri le Balleur, in the presence of Le Mans notaries, Victor Siger and Guillaume Foin, sold to Monsieur and Madame André Guyonneau, king's councillor and lieutenant, Seneschal of Le Mans, The Seigneurie and Château of Launay consisting of numerous bedrooms, ground floor rooms, staircases, a tower, and an office, under which are found a wine cellar, kitchen and bakery, and also including other towers, a stable, a vestibule, the major bedrooms with office, granary, two pavilions with fireplaces, another stable, a butchery, a small garden, and two courtyards all enclosed by a moat with drawbridge, a system for drainage, a surrounding path, an enclosed garden, sometimes referred to as La Grandmaison; also arable lands to include: Guérault, Petit Guérault, and Chalopiniere.

The Lombron Parish registry recorded that on Sunday, 18 September 1762 much of the seigneurial Grandmaison was destroyed by fire.

In another set back many of the Launay properties were confiscated by the Republicans (French Revolution) in June 1791.

She married Jacques Louis Belin de Béru (twice her age at the time of their wedding in January 1796).

Despite the seizure of property by the Republic, Anne was quite wealthy at the time of her marriage; her most valuable asset was the Domaine of Grandmaison.

It became the principal residence of the son, Jacques Rolot, having earlier served the small family as a summer home.

To the previous insults of fire, political confiscation, war and vandalism was now added the shameless pillage and sale of historic fixtures.

He extensively repaired and upgraded the interior and also undertook ambitious renovations of the west wing of the château.

In 1979 Cléach, having acquired the large Château de Lorresse sold Launay to Jacques Maes.

Maes continued with improvements to the buildings and repurchased some of the former land holdings, bringing the current expanse to 38 acres.

In 2000 Maes sold Launay with its expanded property to David and Marie-Laure MacKee (Baron and Baronne de Monasterevan) who have continued the restoration and conservation efforts.