Sillé-le-Guillaume
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Sillé-le-Guillaume is a commune
in the Sarthe
department in the region
of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France
, named after Guillaume de Sillé.
In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf
of Caister in Norfolk (1380-1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Sarthe
Sarthe
Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...
department in the region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, named after Guillaume de Sillé.
In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf
John Fastolf
Sir John Fastolf KG was an English knight during the Hundred Years War, who has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as in some part being the prototype of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff...
of Caister in Norfolk (1380-1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.