Editing Clos Lucé (section)

====Ownership by royalty====

On the 2 July 1490, [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] bought the castle from Etienne Le Loup for 3500 golden ecus and transformed the medieval stronghold into a more comfortable and habitable home. He also built a chapel for his wife, [[Anne of Brittany]] who lived at the Clos-Lucé until she left for the royal castle of Blois. It became known as ‘the summer house’ for the French royalty for 200 years.

The oratory was a chapel of the Gothic movement made with chalk stones ([[Tuffeau stone|tuffeau]]) and decorated with murals painted by Leonardo's disciples: there is an ''Annunciation'', a ''Last Judgement'' and a final painting called ''Virgo Lucis'' above the door, which may have gave its name to the castle. The museum also includes a copy of the ''Mona Lisa'', painted in 1654 by [[Ambroise Dubois]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/leonardo-da-vinci-and-france-ch%C3%A2teau-du-clos-luc%C3%A9/cgIShU_1pPuSIg?hl=en|title = Leonardo da Vinci and France - Castle of Clos Lucé}}</ref>

Between 1509 and 1515 the Castle housed [[Charles IV, Duke of Alençon|Charles IV Duke of Alençon]] and [[Margaret of Valois|Marguerite of Valois]]. The duke then sold the castle to [[Louise of Savoy]], [[Regent]] of France, who took up residence and raised her two children the Duke of Angoulême who was destined to become the next king of France, [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] and [[Marguerite de Navarre]], intellectual and writer of the ''[[Heptaméron]]''.