Owned by the Lords of Beaumont, Viscounts of Maine, in the 11th century, the Château de Sainte-Suzanne went down in history when William the Conqueror made an unsuccessful attempt to seize it between 1083 and 1086.
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It was a time when Maine attracted the covetousness of its powerful neighbours, the Dukes of Normandy and Anjou.
Through a series of marriages, the château came into the possession of the Alençon family, whose heir at the end of the 16th century was King Henri IV. It was acquired by Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne, State Councillor and Comptroller General of the Post Office, who had a new dwelling built.
Since 2009, this dwelling has housed a Centre for the Interpretation of Architecture...