Some history
The first fully identified owners were the Odart family.
They came from an old noble lineage originating in the Loudun region.
A branch of this family, known as "Odart de Chandoiseau", lived there between the 13th and 15th centuries.
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The most renowned among them was Jean Odart (1375–1459), Chamberlain to King Charles VII.
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He was also the last Odart to reside at Chandoiseau.
According to tradition, Joan of Arc, travelling from Chinon to Poitiers, is said to have spent a night at Champdoyseau in late February 1429.
Regarding this highly debated topic of Joan of Arc's passage through Chandoiseau, see the viewpoint presented on montjoye.net.
Jean Odart’s only daughter and heiress, Isabeau, married Guillaume de Corguilleray.
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The Corguilleray family remained at Chandoiseau for only a short period (in the second half of the 15th century).
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The current manor house was most likely built during that time. Indeed, the coat of arms of the Corguilleray family can still be seen atop the central dormer window on the courtyard side.
Chandoiseau then passed into the hands of the Telligny (or Theligny) family, whose last representative, Charles de Telligny — son-in-law of Admiral de Coligny — was assassinated during the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in 1572.
Some sources mention a Chasteigner family as successors to the Telligny, although no verifiable source for this claim has been identified.
Chandoiseau later passed to a branch of the Sainte-Marthe family, whose coat of arms can still be seen on one of the manor’s fireplaces.
The following members of the Sainte-Marthe family successively resided at Chandoiseau:
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Jacques de Sainte-Marthe (1517–1587), physician to Kings Henri II, François II, Charles IX, and Henri III, as well as to the abbesses of Fontevraud.
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Louis (1569–1640) and François I (1571–1641) de Sainte-Marthe, both lawyers and sons of the preceding.
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François II de Sainte-Marthe (born 1616), lawyer and bailli (bailiff) of Loudun, son of François I de Sainte-Marthe.
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Finally, Denys de Sainte-Marthe (1650–1725), a clergyman, writer, historian, superior of the abbeys of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Saint-Denis, and eventually General of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur. He was the son of the preceding and died without issue.
After the Sainte-Marthe family, Chandoiseau was incorporated into the estate of La Mothe-Chandeniers and became a farm.
In 1685, the estate of La Mothe-Chandeniers (including Chandoiseau) was purchased by Nicolas de Lamoignon.
As for the seigneury of Chandoiseau, it was officially attached to the marquisate of La Mothe-Chandeniers in 1700.
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The buildings were maintained only to the bare minimum and solely for their agricultural use, before being abandoned — until restoration work began in 2005.
