Editing Château de Chenonceau (section)

===Recent history===
José-Emilio Terry, a [[Cuba]]n millionaire, acquired Chenonceau from Madame Pelouze in 1891. Terry sold it in 1896 to a family member, Francisco Terry.<ref name=Beck454/> In 1913, the château was acquired by [[Henri Menier]], a member of the [[Menier family]], famous for [[Menier Chocolate|their chocolates]], who still own it to this day.{{sfn|Gaigneron|1993|p=22}}

During [[World War I]], [[Gaston Menier]] set up the [[Long gallery|gallery]] to be used as a hospital ward.<ref name=Beck454/> During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the château was bombed by the Germans in June 1940.{{sfn|Hanser|2006|pp=61–62}} It was also a means of escaping from the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]]-[[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|occupied zone]] on one side of the River Cher to the "free" zone on the opposite bank.<ref name=Beck454/> Occupied by the Germans, the château was bombed by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] on 7 June 1944, when the chapel was hit and its windows destroyed.{{sfn|Hanser|2006|p=62}}

In 1951, the Menier family entrusted the château's restoration to [[Bernard Voisin]], who brought the dilapidated structure and the gardens (ravaged in the [[Cher (river)|Cher]] flood in 1940) back to a reflection of its former glory.{{sfn|Voisin|1993}} {{Clear}}