Château de la Possonnière (Château de Ronsard)

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Possonnière, also known as the Château de Ronsard, is a Renaissance manor house built in 1515 by Loys de Ronsard, a knight in the service of Louis XII and François I, at Couture-sur-Loir (Loir-et-Cher). The poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585), the sixth child of Loys de Ronsard and Jeanne Chaudrier, was born there and spent his first twelve years at the château before becoming a page to Charles II, Prince of Orléans, in 1536. The rectangular main building is accompanied by outbuildings and troglodyte kitchens hollowed out of tuffeau stone and decorated with Renaissance sculptures. Major restorations were carried out in the nineteenth century by the Delahaye, Sainte-Claire Deville and Hallopeau families. Listed as a monument historique since 1862, the site received the "Maison des Illustres" label in 2019; the gardens of the Possonnière, created in 2004 by the rose breeder André Eve, bring together more than 200 varieties of old and modern roses.