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Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
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AD 911
Calendar year
911 (CMXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rollo
Viking, Count of Rouen from 911 to 928
Rollo, also known with his epithet, Rollo "the Walker", was a Viking who, as Count of Rouen, became the first ruler of Normandy, a region in today's northern France. He was prominent among the Vikings who besieged Paris in 885–886, and he emerged as a war leader among the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Chartres (911)
Viking invasion in Burgundy – repelled by Frankish forces
The siege of Chartres took place in spring 911 during the age of Viking incursions in Europe. The Viking leader, Rollo, and his men laid siege to the city of Chartres, in West Francia. But they failed to achieve their goal before the arrival, in July 911, of a relief army sent…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)