Origine of the castle

In the XIIIth century, the castle didn’t exist yet. The property consisted in a simple house enclosed by moates. It was the economical link between fields, pond, forests, water mill, orchards and so on... The Fief of Celon depended of Argenton lordship from 1291 thanks to Sir Pierre de La Marche.

The fief becomes the property of the Ceris’ family thank to the wedding of Helie de Ceris or de Sery, chevalier des Ternes, Sir of Pouligny (closed to Sévère) with Marguerite Foucoult de Saint Germain en Marche in 1398.

We supposed that it’s Jean de Céris, Lord of Ternes and Celon, who built the current castle around 1458. The castle is described in an official document at the first time in 1476.

The castle remained in the family until the wedding of Renée de Céris with Pierre Douhault.