Château de Nanteuil

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Le château en bref

The Château de Nanteuil is located in Huisseau-sur-Cosson, on the northern bank of the Cosson (Loir-et-Cher). A lord of Nanteuil, Geoffroi Barbelle, is mentioned around 1151. The Courtin family controlled the estate from the 16th to the 18th century, notably Jean Courtin (1544–1634). Following a seizure in 1738, the estate passed to the Chevalier family, then to Laurent Lefèvre (1810), the Marquis de Broc (1863–1876), Baron Hamelin (1891), the Margueritte family (1891–1904), and finally the Comte and Comtesse de Belot (1905–1921). From 1921 to 1968, William Gardnor-Beard and then the Comte Pierre de Bernard de la Fosse hosted English students there. Occupied by the German army during the Second World War, the château saw its owners, members of the Buckmaster network, arrested and deported. Restored in 1975, the present building dates from the 18th century but stands on older foundations.