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Le château en bref
Caumont Castle, at Cazaux-Savès (Gers), succeeds a medieval fortress of the 15th century. The present Renaissance château was built between 1525 and 1535 by Pierre de Nogaret de La Valette, inspired by his experience of the Italian Wars alongside Francis I. His son Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, born at the château in 1554 and later Duke of Épernon, embellished it and made it a testament to his power; Henri IV stayed there on several occasions, and the bedchamber in which he slept has been preserved. Handed down from generation to generation within the same family since its origins, the château underwent a major restoration from 1979 under Jean and Michèle de Castelbajac, followed by a takeover of its management by Mathilde and Ghislain de Castelbajac in 2015. The Queen Mother of England visited in 1988.