The Château de MontpipeauSpelled "Chasteau de Monpipaux" on Claude Olry de Loriande's 17th-century engravings; for example, see "Profil du corps de logis du Chasteau de Monpipaux...", Collecta, archive numérique de la collection Gaignières (1642-1715). was a French château located in what is now the commune of Huisseau-sur-Mauves in the département of Loiret. It is not known when it was constructed, but it is first mentioned in the 12th-century.Huisseau, Chapter 3: "Le château de Montpipeau". Retrieved 28 February 2026. A new design was made for Louis de Rochechouart by the French architect François Le Vau around 1660,Feldmann 1996, p. 268. but it is not known whether his design was implemented.Berger 1993, pp. 16–17. The château and its land was originally a seigneurie but was elevated to a marquisat in 1766, four years after it was purchased by . The château was mostly destroyed during the French Revolution.Ratouis de Limay & Cuénin 2002, p. 48.
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Sources Berger, Robert W. (1993). The Palace of the Sun: The Louvre of Louis XIV. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. . Feldmann, Dietrich (1996). "Le Vau", vol. 19, pp. 262–268, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. . Online reprint, Oxford Art Online . Huisseau (no date). Et si Huisseau m’était conté... , Huisseau sur Mauves, site officiel de la commune. Laprade, Albert (1960). François d'Orbay: Architecte de Louis XIV. Paris: Éditions Vincent, Fréal. . Ratouis de Limay, Francis; Cuénin, Micheline (2002). Les Ponts et Chaussées au XVIIIe siècle : La carrière de Jean Cadet de Limay (Paris 1732 - Orléans 1802). Académie d'Orléans. Copy at Gallica.
External links Possibly a former gate of the medieval château, Google Maps street view