Château de Montgobert hosts weddings, corporate evenings, seminars and private receptions in its ground-floor salons and its 14-hectare park. The château stands in the village of Montgobert, in the Aisne, on the edge of the Retz forest, about an hour from Paris and roughly 50 km from Charles de Gaulle airport.
Seminars and company events
The owners list corporate evenings, seminars and cocktail receptions among the professional events they host, along with photo and film shoots. A seminar group can work in the salons, walk the park between sessions and visit the château's museum, which covers the Retz forest, hunting traditions, old woodworking tools and the First World War. Equipment is supplied on request, and the château receives groups throughout the year.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the core of the events offer: a lay ceremony in the garden, a cocktail in the park, then dinner and dancing in the château. The house also hosts baptisms, birthdays and bar mitzvahs. The owners can recommend caterers, DJs, decorators and photographers from their network.
Rooms and capacities
Receptions take place in the ground-floor rooms, furnished in 18th-century style and arranged to suit each event: the Grand salon, the Petit salon and the dining room. The English-style garden is used for cocktails and ceremonies. The official site does not publish guest numbers, so capacity should be confirmed with the owners.
Accommodation
Seven bedrooms are available on site. The bridal suite, renovated in 18th-century style, is on the ground floor of the château and opens onto the park, with a bathroom and a small kitchen corner. La Maison, a fully renovated house, has six bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and one of them accessible to guests with reduced mobility, plus an open kitchen and a large living room facing the forest.
History and setting
The château was built in 1775. From 1798 it belonged to Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon and wife of General Leclerc, who is buried in the park at the end of a long axial avenue. It later passed to Aimée Leclerc, wife of Marshal Davout, then to the Cambacérès and Suchet d'Albufera families. During the First World War it served as headquarters for General Maunoury and the 6th Army. The château has been protected as a historic monument since 1978. The formal park was laid out in the early 19th century and reworked by landscape designer Achille Duchêne, with elm-lined walks, hornbeam hedges, Medici vases, roses and old trees such as a Virginia tulip tree and a ginkgo. The museum on the upper floors keeps a room devoted to Pauline Bonaparte and a First World War exhibition opened in 2018, built around some 5,000 photographs taken by Louis-Joseph Suchet d'Albufera.
Getting there
Montgobert lies in the Aisne, in the Villers-Cotterêts area, about an hour by road from Paris and some 50 km from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.
