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Le château en bref
The Château de Franquetot stands in the former commune of Coigny, now part of Montsenelle, in the centre of the Manche department. The estate was bought in 1528 by Jean Guillotte, a notary, whose family, ennobled under Henri II, built a first château. Around 1733–1737, François de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France and first Duke of Coigny, transformed it considerably. The main body, in the Louis XV style, consists of two wings set at right angles, raised upon older sections: 13th-century vaulted cellars and a Renaissance left wing. The Coigny family retained the estate until the early 20th century; Madame de Castéja bought it in 1928 and oversaw its restoration after the Second World War. The façades and roofs are listed as monuments historiques.