Nicolas Joly and the Clos de la Coulée de Serrant: The Bautru de Serrant Family
At this point the stories of the Clos de la Coulée de Serrant and Roche-aux-Moines vineyards remain intertwined, as indeed does that of the Domaine du Closel, as it seems that all three were under the same ownership. The buyer of the Château de Serrant and all the associated vineyards in 1636 was Guillaume II de Bautru (1588 – 1665), Comte de Serrant, who was well known both as an associate of Cardinal Richelieu, a satirical poet and as a founder member of the Académie Française. Bautru first set about completing the construction of the Château de Serrant, resulting in the imposing schist and tuffeau edifice that still stands today.
Guillaume II de Bautru had married Marthe le Bigot de Gastines in 1613, and they had one son, also named Guillaume. The younger Guillaume III de Bautru de Serrant (c.1621 – 1711) married Marie Louise Bertrand de la Bazinière (1632 – 1655), and they had two daughters Madeleine and Marguerite. The former married into the Colbert family, while the latter was wed to Nicolas II de Bautru-Nogent (died 1676) and it would appear to be down this line that the property was passed. Nicolas and Marguerite had one daughter, Madeleine-Diane de Bautru-Vaubrun (c.1668 – 1753) who appears to have inherited the property. She married a nobleman named François Annibal III d’Estrées, and she perhaps took the property into this union as a dowry.
In 1750, just three years before she died, Madeleine-Diane, comtesse d’Estrée, sold the her property. The buyer was a wealthy merchant from Nantes named Walsh.
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