Robert II of Sillé

Robert II of Sillé , lord of Sillé.

Biography

Robert II of Sillé, wire of Guillaume VI of Sillé and NR. of Broussin, his second wife, was advised to be held ready to obey mandement of the king “ when mestier seroit ”, the August 23rd 1350. He was, believes one, with the battles of Poitiers the September 19th 1356; at least seriously following the king Jean, and three remained were there wounded years lame.

The following year, an adventurer named Philippe of Chèze, under pretext of await Guillaume de Craon, lieutenant de Charles, wire and lieutenant of the king, with whom it was to go to the help of Rennes besieged by the English, had been thrown on the Viscount of Beaumont-with-Maine, had taken Sillé, and had killed forty six noble or vassal of the baronnie. When the English returned in Maine, after the captivity of king Jean, more frightening than ever, Robert de Sillé, cured his wound, i.e. after 1359, made alms with the Abbaye of Champagne, took again the weapons and was made prisoner, then kept severely in the dungeons of the Château of the Gravel. Robert Knolles, which ordered the place, required of him a ransom of 3.000 guilders out of money and gold belts, invaluable stones and horses. In spite of the prayers of his pious wife, the ransom not coming, it was left nine days without food, was reduced not to die of thirst to drinking urinam propriam. Delivered finally, it had to sell Plessis-Liziard and a revenue of 22 books. He did not survive a long time this hard captivity. Its death arrived after the January 21st 1363, and its body was buried in its collegial of Sillé.

Jeanne-Marie de Maillé, girl of Hardouin de Maillé and Jeanne de Montbazon, was his wife. Robert II of Sillé did not leave children.

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