From the twelfth to fourteenth centuries the site of the chateau was located within the parish of La Motte and was a fortified stronghold, however, it was not until 1406 when the Husson family, "seigneurs" (Lords) of Montgiroux, received the land as confession from Jeanne "La Voyère d 'Aron" in 1394. the family, namely Henri de Husson, named the castle, Chateau de la Motte Husson or Husson Castel.