The château sits on a limestone outcrop above the Loir River. Count Thibaut V of Blois commissioned the keep around 1170, and the infobox gives 1171 as the start. The keep stands 138 feet (42 m) tall and is 56 feet (17 m) across.
Jehan de Dunois, the bastard of Orléans, built the west wing between 1459 and 1468. The Longueville family began the north wing in 1469 and finished it by 1491. The Sainte-Chapelle was built from 1451 to 1493. The article describes the style as Gothic and Renaissance, with an early Renaissance conversion into a residence.
On May 9, 1538, a ceremony here marked the proxy wedding of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Monuments Nationaux owns it. It was designated a monument historique on July 6, 1918.
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