In the 13th century the fief of Méridon depended on the Châtellenie de Chevreuse. It consisted of a hotel and a house surrounded by gardens and farmland.
In 1464, it was Jean Langlois, squire, who took over this fief, although the manor was declared in ruins following the Hundred Years' War. Jean Langlois gave his daughter-in-law the fief of Méridon, as a dowry, for his marriage to Hélie Cauchon, who died in 1526 and was inherited by his son, Dauphin Cauchon.
The mansion was described “as a hotel and a mansion with a courtyard, barns, stables, sheepfolds, dovecote and a small tower that served as a prison and as an auditorium to administer justice. All walled with a large garden and other gardens surrounding the hotel and large quantities of pastures and pastures converted into high woods by fortune from wars.
Died without an heir, it was then Dauphin's sister who succeeded him. She married Mathurin Chauderon, lord of Vaugian, and her grandson, Pierre de Chauderon, became lord of Méridon in 1579. In 1601, the qualifier castle was given to the Hôtel de Méridon and its description is more precise than in 1527:
“The fief, land, manor and castle of Méridon consisted of two large hotel buildings, mansions enclosed by high battlements, dovecote on foot, press with stable and courtyard, small tower used as a prison and a small tower used as a prison and an auditorium to hold justice; all enclosed by walls and drawbridge ditches”.
Jean Péricard obtained permission to build a chapel because of the remoteness of Chevreuse and the bad roads in winter and received the rights of high, medium and low justice, as well as numerous feudal rights.
The fief of Méridon seems to have been divided between Péricard and Alexandre Legrand, lord of Troux who also received high justice over part of Méridon.
In 1650 Guillaume Dugué de Bagnols, already lord of Troux, bought Château de Méridon from the heirs of Jean Péricard (Simon Chauvinà) and Alexandre Legrand (Thiboust de Berry); he remained in this family until the end of the 18th century.
In 1882, Count Marqués di Braga, director of Crédit Foncier, bought Méridon in ruins.
On the site of the former Castle, he had the current Méridon built by the architect Eugène Bruneau, Chief Historic Monuments Architect at the time.
The style of the castle can be described as neo-Renaissance.
Composed of turrets, mullioned windows, balconies, stained glass windows, the castle also had an English-style park at the front of the site, and to its right a French-style park, for a total area of 7 hectares.
In 1908 the Marquis de Breteuil bought Méridon and converted it into a hunting castle. He rented it in 1909 to the United States Ambassador in Paris, Henry White.
The castle remained empty during the First World War.
Madame Sullivan, of American origin, lived there between the First and Second World War; it was renowned as one of the most beautiful and well-maintained properties in the region.
After the war the castle was rented by the Dutch state as a shelter for people abused by the war.
In 1946, a Dutch association set up a continuing education center to train Dutch farmers who wanted to immigrate to France. The Franco-Dutch Cultural Center association bought it in 1958 and organized educational courses.
Since 2013, the Château de Méridon has hosted private and professional events such as weddings, birthdays, religious celebrations, business seminars, film and series filming, photo shootings, etc.
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