The de Montaigu family owned two-thirds of the seignory of Entraigues and the castle that stood at the entrance to the village.
When King Louis XIV stayed in Avignon in 1660, four undersecretaries were lodged at the de Montaigu house. Joseph-Philippe, Marquis de Montaigu and d'Enraigues (who died before 1768) had married Anne François de Cuissotte, lady of Saint-Ferjeux. Their son, Joseph de Montaigu married Marguerite Gaultier de Girenton (1743-1813) in 1768. Their son was Augustin de Montaigu (1769-1833).
Construction of the Avignon home for the de Montaigu family was assigned to the architects in the de Royers de la Valfenière family. François de Royers de La Valfenière (1575-1667) and his son Louis-François de Royers de La Valfenière (1615-1688). The fixed-price contract for the construction of the vestibule and the staircase by the mason Jean Rochas was signed on 5 April 1668, after the death of François de Royers de La Valfenière.
The home was seized during the French Revolution and sold off as national property.
The city of Avignon acquired the mansion in the 1970s and gave it to the Compagnons who created their school for the art trades there.
The mansion required significant renovation undertaken by a private developer who then turned the noble home into a condominium.
The mansion was registered as a historical monument on 8 September 1965
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