page_title: Château de Largoët
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Largoët / History
context_page_description: The Château de Largoët, also known as the Tours d’Elven, is a medieval castle in Elven, in the Morbihan département of France, 13 km from Vannes.
context_section_description: A castle is mentioned for the first time in 1020, belonging to the baron of Elven, Derrien I, but the present building was constructed between the 13th and 15th centuries.  The manor became the property of the Malestroit family in the 13th century. The houses of Blois and Montfort fought for it during the Breton War of Succession, before it came to the Rieux family in the 15th century.  It was during this period (between 1474 and 1476) that Jean IV, lord of Rieux, protected Henry Tudor, Duke of Richmond, future King Henry VII of England.  In 1490, Charles VIII of France, dismantled the castle, but it was restored under the influence of Anne de Bretagne. 
  Nicolas Fouquet bought it in 1656 and, after his death, it was sold to Michel de Trémeurec and stayed in his family.  In the 19th century, it was proposed to demolish Largoët, given its dilapidation, but it was saved thanks to Prosper Mérimée, who had it classed as a monument historique in 1862. Beginning in the 1970s, there has been a programme of restoration.
caption: The octagonal keep
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