Château de Vaujours

The Château de Vaujours is a ruined castle from the 12th and 15th centuries, located in the commune of Château-la-Vallière in the Indre-et-Loire département of central France. It was part of the seigneurie (manor) of Chasteaux-en-Anjou, the future Château-la-Vallière.

The castle is located 3 kilometres south of Château-la-Vallière. It stands on the eastern border of the ancient Haut-Anjou, part of the former province of Anjou.

The fiefdom of Vaujours was a dependency of the sénéchaussée (bailiwick) of Baugé and the diocese of Angers. Hugues I d'Alluye, living in 978, is the earliest known lord. The castle of the barons of Chasteaux was built to defend the territory of Anjou.

Construction of the castle can be attributed to Hugues VI d'Alluye or to Rotron of Montfort, around 1250.

During the Hundred Years War, the fortress was never taken by the English. A major restoration was undertaken in the 15th century. Jean V de Bueil, nicknamed «le Fléau des Anglais» (the flail of the English), altered the defences such that they became impenetratable. He later died there, in 1477.

Louis XI stayed there during his visits to Anjou.

The daughter of Charles VII and Agnès Sorel, Jeanne de Valois, married Antoine de Bueil, son of Jean V de Bueil.

Under the Ancien Régime, the castle was bought by Louis XIV in 1666 and given in 1667 to his former mistress, Mademoiselle Louise de la Vallière; she became Duchesse de La Vallière et de Vaujours.

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