Château de Suzeux

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Le château en bref

The Château de Suzeux stands in the commune of Plats, in the Ardèche, in open countryside. It is a small Renaissance-style building flanked by two towers. The fief of Suzeux is recorded as early as 1385 as a possession of the Robiac (or Roubiac) family; its members include Alphonse de Suzeux, mentioned in 1478, Alphonse de Robiac, castellan of Plats in 1504, and later Bernard de Robiac, lord of Suzeux, cited in 1607 and 1620. His daughter Judith de Robiac married Pierre de Tardivon and passed the estate to that family; a Tardivon heiress later married a Raymond, who adopted the name of Suzeux. Around 1770, the property passed by marriage to a certain Monsieur de Clavières. An inventory of 1585 describes a three-storey building whose floors were already in poor condition at the time, with an entrance fitted with ironwork and wooden doors barred with iron. In the 20th century, the estate belonged successively to the Chazotte family, until 1920, then to the Maisonnasse and De Glo Besses families. The château is today private property.