Koplotovce is situated in the west part of mountain Považský Inovec, near the river Váh.
The village was mentioned in Zoborian note from the year 1113, for the first time, as Lucoploth – according to form and meaning come from this name from the pre-Slavic words (bow and fencing). In the year 1275 as Koploth and in the 1808 as Koplotovce. Hungarian name of the village was Kaplath.
The note confirm, that Koplotovce had existed in the time of rule of the king Stefan I., in the years 997 – 1038.
It is proved, that the village belonged to Zoborian monastery and later to Nitra castle, according to the first written documents.
There were two different origins since 1330. The Kaplaths had their own aristocratic predicate related from the name of the village. Then there lived another origin – Gocztony. From the verbal evidence it is known, that people who lived in Koplotovce had faced to Turkey attacks. The memory for Pavol Gocztony is written into the main wall of portal on entering gate.
Till the year 1600, the castle was the property of the Kochanovský origin. The members of this origin, Eduard and Ambruš, personally knew our big famous poet, Ján Hollý. It was the period, when he made his famous poems – Svätopluk and Cyrilometodáda. Ján Hollý also occasionally lived in the turret of the castle. He also wrote the panegyric poem for Ambruš Kochanovský.
The Frideczky origin (1812) is the last of rulers in Koplotovce estate. The member of this origin was Timoth, who becacame the owner of all property. He was also a member of Hungarian concillium in years 1861 – 1869 and he was also accoladed in 1867 during the coronation of Franz Joseph.
In the years 1876 – 1879 was the chamber of Nitra. His the youngest son Barnabáš II. took all the property and in the year 1901 started the rebuilding of the castle.
The ghotic building was changing into castle with the component of baroque and classicism.
Barnabáš II. had married with Beatrix Barkassy from Sedmohradsko. They had daughter Felicia and sons Arpád and Ivan.
Ivan Frideczsky died in 1999 as „the last of lords of Koplotovce“.
Destroyed castle from the socialistic times is being reconstructed since 1997 by Ing. Martin Petrek and his family.