Le Veneur family
Aristocratic family / successive owners of Carrouges
Late 15th century–1936 at Carrouges
Who they were
Carrouges passed to the Le Veneur family through Marie Blosset, wife of Philippe Le Veneur. The family name recalled an ancestral connection with the prestigious office of master of the hunt. This is a family history spanning successive owners, rather than the biography of one individual.
Their son, Cardinal Jean Le Veneur, was close to François I and commissioned the Renaissance entrance gatehouse between 1505 and 1533. Later generations continued to enlarge and decorate the residence. Jacques Le Veneur’s seventeenth-century patronage is treated in a separate biography.
General Alexis Le Veneur reshaped domestic life at Carrouges in the early nineteenth century, adding a festive hall and reorganising dining and service spaces. After his death in 1833 the estate passed to his son Tanneguy VI. In 1936, unable to meet its costs, Tanneguy IX offered the château for sale; the state acquired it with part of the furnishings.
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Short biography checked 9 October 2026. Lifespan and documented activity dates are labelled separately.