Château de Grun

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Le château en bref

The Château de Grun, in Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne, was built in the 14th century on earlier structures. Initially the property of the House of Chirac, it passed to the La Roque family. From 1608 to 1645, a succession dispute set against each other the descendants of Marie de La Roque de Grun, born of her two marriages, involving the Gammeville, Bénaven and Boissonnade families: the château was taken by Gammeville in 1610, retaken by escalade by the Bénaven brothers in 1612, and the two camps then fought over its control until 1622, before the vice-seneschal Jean de Viguier laid siege to the château and returned it to the Boissonnade family in 1645. The Boissonnade heiress then married Viguier, whose descendants allied themselves with the Valady family. Now owned by the Chassaly family, the Château de Grun operates as a bed and breakfast and offers holiday cottages (gîtes).