 The château was abandoned by the House of Bourbon after her death.In 1787, an "arrêt du Conseil" of Louis XVI of France ordered it to be sold with a view to demolition, together with the Château de la Muette, the Château de Vincennes and the Château de Blois.The building was in ruins before the French Revolution, after which it was bought on 27 March 1792 by M. Leroy, a demolition contractor, who paid with "assignat" banknotes issued by the Revolutionary government.