Blosset family
Noble family · owners and patrons at Carrouges
Fifteenth-century ownership and family succession
The Blossets at Carrouges
The Blossets were a noble family of owners at Carrouges. Jean Blosset, seneschal of Normandy and grand chamberlain of France, made the medieval stronghold more comfortable while retaining its keep. The wing bearing the family name combined private apartments, reception rooms, a chapel and service spaces. Its stair tower also housed the charter archive. This was a residence organised for both household life and public hospitality.
Marie Blosset and the succession
Jean Blosset and Marguerite de Derval founded the collegiate establishment beside the estate. Jean had no descendants and transferred Carrouges to his sister Marie. Her marriage to Philippe Le Veneur de Tillières in 1450 connected the property with the family that would hold it until 1936. Marie therefore belongs at the centre of the ownership story, rather than appearing only as a link between male patrons.
A visible legacy in the next generation
Marie and Philippe’s son Jean Le Veneur commissioned the entrance gatehouse. The CMN dates it between his appointment as bishop in 1505 and elevation as cardinal in 1533: its brick decoration shows episcopal symbols but no cardinal’s hat. The building makes the next generation’s patronage visible on the approach to the château.
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Château de Carrouges — history and visiting information
Sources
- CMN — history of Carrouges and the Blosset succession
- CMN — the Renaissance gatehouse and its heraldry
- CMN — practical information and access
Reviewed 2026-10-12. This is a family history, centred on Jean and Marie Blosset; it is not the biography of a single person.