Siege of Chartres (911)

Siege of Chartres
Date July 20, 911[1]
Location Chartres, France
Result Frankish victory;
Treaty of Saint Clair-sur-Epte
Belligerents
Danes
Normans		 Franks
Commanders and leaders
Rollo Richard, Duke of Burgundy
Robert I of France

The Siege of Chartres was the part of Norman incursions. In 858 the Normans captured and burned Chartres. After that, in the time of relative peace, the town defenses were rebuilt and strengthened. It turned a fortified, trapezoid-like city, going close to the river.

When Rollo led the Danes in a siege, they were formidable enough to persuade Charles the Simple that they might become valuable allies.[2] Richard, Duke of Burgundy split his forces into three corps. The first was made up of Aquitanians, assisted by a group of Neustrian nobles.[3] According to legend, Bishop Gantelme exposed the Virgin's tunic on the ramparts and the Normans supposedly fled.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ Gesta Regum Anglorum: The History of the English Kings. Oxford University Press. 1998. p. 110. ISBN 0198206828. 
  2. ^ Chibnall, Marjorie (2000). The Normans. Blackwell Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 0631186719. 
  3. ^ Lair, Jules. Le siege de Chartres par les Normands, 1901
  4. ^ France. New Holland Publishers. 2004. p. 328. ISBN 186011881X. 
  5. ^ Ordericus Vitalis (1853). The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy. p. 136.