In 1260, Jean de Marac built (or fortified) the Champagne castle overlooking the pond. In 1353, Jean I de Chauffour, Lord of Marac, married Marguerite d'Echalot. The lordship of Marac then passed directly to his son Jean II de Chauffour, then again to his children, Jean III, known as the Elder, Garnerot, Jeanne, lady of Deuilly and above all Guillaume de Chauffour, squire, known as Raillard, who took over this lordship in 1400 and passed it on to his son, Jean IV de Chauffour, bailly of Chaumont from 1420 to 1429, who united the two fiefs in the same family.
The Champenois castle was occupied by the Ligueurs until 1592, who raided the town of Langres, intercepting the town's communications with Châteauvillain. After the Langrois retook the castle from the English, it became the property of the des Barres family through marriage, who combined the two fiefs of Marac. Finally, in 1746, Gabrie-Rose des Barres gave Marac in marriage to Philibert-Charles-Nicolas Pietrequin, who sold his portion of the Champagne seigneury around 1750 to the Marquis Charles Camille de Capisucchi-Bologne, who lived in the château de Thivet. As for the château, it was burnt down in 1814 by the Russians and Prussians, and was completely rebuilt between 1817 and 1820 in the Romantic style on its medieval foundations by the Count of Messey.
No visits: private site only visible from the outside.
Château Champenois de Marac
