Maine is bordered to the north by Normandy , to the south by Anjou , to the east by Orléanais and Touraine and faces Brittany, original home of the Plantagenets, and an important border with Brittany, Normandy and Anjou. Maine disappeared during the redistribution of provinces and regions in the French Revolution.
William fought to expand Normandy predominantly taking land from the comte du Maine and Brittany. The Normans fought in the Maine and Brittany for several years before the invasion of England. The Breton and Maine contingents were valuable allies for the invasion of England, and many of the lords were granted land afterwards.
The border today has still the highest concentration of medieval chateaus in France still standing, one about every 5-8 klms, and has quite a large number of motte and baileys that also can be walked.
We conduct tours of the border fortresses still standing and include a battlefield tour of Ambrières, and the sieges of Mayenne, Sainte- Suzanne and Sillé-de-Guillaume, plus the remains of the siege camps.
Plus an option to wargame the Norman battles and sieges in western France in our 18th century "salon de Guerre". We also can design specific tours of the main chateaus in Normandy, Maine and Brittany and battlefields that William was associated with.
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medieval map of Maine
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