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Chef-du-Bois Castle, straddling the municipalities of Pencran and Landerneau (Finistère), is a fortified manor house built in the 14th century by the Guérault family. In the 15th century it passed to the Kerlozrec family, including Morice de Kerlozreuc, who was provost of Landerneau around 1520, before coming around 1558 to the Kersulguen family through the marriage of Marguerite de Kerhoant to Gilles de Kersulguen. In 1662, François de Kersulguen had the building entirely rebuilt in a U-shaped plan by the architect Le Petit, a pupil of Mansart, with a portal of Doric columns beneath an arched pediment bearing the date of construction. The de Lesguern family, who became owners by marriage in 1753, added a chapel in 1777. Requisitioned as a hospital by the Navy during the Revolution, the castle saw its north wing demolished after 1870 owing to its dilapidated condition. Repurchased in 1925 by the Rosmorduc family, it remains their property.