Château de La Villaumaire, Medieval castle in Huismes, France.

Château de La Villaumaire is a long stone building with a pale facade and dark pitched roofs, its central section rising higher with a slender spire and an ornate frontispiece whose doorway is reached by a short flight of steps. Wings with regularly spaced rectangular windows, some topped by small gabled dormers, flank the centre, and a rounded topiary shrub stands on the lawn before it. The main facade faces north toward the Château d'Ussé, on which La Villaumaire depended feudally.

The castle was largely built in the 15th century and belonged to the Church of Tours for nearly five centuries, its use tied to the "maire" who held justice over the seigneurie of Huismes from 1215. The first known private owner was Martin Péquineau, master of artillery to Charles VII, named seigneur de La Villaumaire in his marriage contract of 17 September 1448; his family kept it until 1648. The Aubery du Maurier family then held it until 1811, followed by the Gault de la Galmandière, Levesque des Varannes, Bois de Mouzilly and Liébault families, who altered the facades in the 19th century. Princesse de la Trémoïlle bought it in 1923 and reworked the interiors.

The name La Villaumaire is tied to the charge of "maire", the ecclesiastical magistrate who held the justice of the seigneurie of Huismes from 1215 and had use of the castle. Rabelais names the castle in his work: Grandgousier allies with the seigneur de La Villaumaire against Picrochole, and the home of the poet Raminagrobis is placed nearby.

The château stands mid-slope of a hill, with the south facade, now the main entrance, reached by an added staircase and flanked by two entrance towers. The north facade faces the Château d'Ussé, on which La Villaumaire depended feudally. The Vitali family, owners since the late 20th century, launched a fundraising appeal in October 2019 to save the building.

In Rabelais's Gargantua, Grandgousier allies with the seigneur de La Villaumaire to defeat Picrochole at La Roche Clermault. Rabelais also places near the castle the home of Raminagrobis, the poet and soothsayer whose message Panurge asked him to decipher.