The Château de Sigy-le-Châtel is a ruined castle in the commune of Sigy-le-Châtel in the Saône-et-Loire département of France.
Description The castle was built on a rocky outcrop dominating a pass.
It is one of the oldest castles in Mâconnais. It consisted of a large irregularly shaped enceinte made of thick curtain walls. The entrance, to the north towards the plateau, was flanked by two fortified semicircular towers.
The only remains are some stretches of wall, the bases of two large circular towers pierced by cannon positions and, at the western end, the corner of a brick building with a bartizan.
The castle is privately owned and not open to the public.
History
Origins 10th century : earliest record of the castle House of Luzy 1203: Renaud de Luzy was seigneur 12th century : reconstruction undertaken House of Sauzet 1266: Archambaud de Sauzet, seigneur de Chanay was the husband of Sybille de Luzy, dame de Sigy End of 13th century: Humbert de Sauzet, son of the preceding, succeeded them 1314: Alix, widow or sister of the preceding, became dame de Sigy House of Marzé 1361: Jean de Marzé was seigneur House of Trezettes 1373: Hugues de Trezettes was the husband of Guillemette de Marzé House of La Guiche 1560: Philibert de La Guiche was seigneur House of Valois-Angoulême 1629: Marie-Henriette de La Guiche, daughter of the preceding, married Louis-Emmanuel d'Angoulême, grandson of King Charles IX; the fortress was then abandoned and returned, by successions, to the La Guiche family 1794: Amable-Charles, marquis de La Guiche, last seigneur of Sigy, guillotined
Other arms Luzy: De gueules au chevron d'argent, accompagné de trois étoiles d'or, 2 en chef et 1 en pointe
See also List of castles in France
References
Bibliography F. Perraud, Le Mâconnais Historique, (1921)