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Château de Levéville or Levesville, one of the Châteaux of the Loire Valley, is situated in Bailleau-l'Évêque on the outskirts of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department. The castle was built in the 15th century and remodelled in the 17th and later centuries.

Bailleau-l'Évêque (French pronunciation: [bajo levɛk]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Poisvilliers (French pronunciation: [pwavilje]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Berchères-Saint-Germain (French pronunciation: [bɛʁʃɛʁ sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Saint-Aubin-des-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ de bwa] ) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Mainvilliers (French pronunciation: [mɛ̃vilje]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Amilly (French pronunciation: [amiji]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Lèves (French pronunciation: [lɛv] ) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in Northern France.

Cintray (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tʁɛ]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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 to battle them. The engagement that ensued resulted in the defeat of the Norsemen. Although, Viking raids were far from being a rare occurrence as the Frankish realms had to contend with such sudden incursions for decades, this one would prove to have everlasting consequences on European history. Following Rollo's defeat, the King of the West Franks, Charles the Simple, granted him a territory in the northern lands of his kingdom in exchange of an oath of fealty and his religious conversion. This territory, located between the mouth of the Seine and Rouen, a city Rollo had previously raided and seized in 876, officially formed the fief known as the County of Rouen. This county, through kinship in the decades to come, would expand into what came to be known as the Duchy of Normandy.

Chartres (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁ] ) is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as defined by the INSEE), 38,534 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Chartres proper.Chartres is famous worldwide for its cathedral. Mostly constructed between 1193 and 1250, this Gothic cathedral is in an exceptional state of preservation. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. Part of the old town, including most of the library associated with the School of Chartres, was destroyed by Allied bombs in 1944.

The siege of Chartres (28 February – 15 March 1568) was a key event of the second French Wars of Religion. The siege saw the Huguenot forces fail to take the heavily defended town, ultimately concluding the second civil war in a negotiated settlement a week later. One of the very few engagements in the second civil war, the siege was led by Louis, Prince of Condé, fresh off regrouping after his defeat at the Battle of Saint-Denis. The defensive efforts were run by the military governor of Chartres, Nicolas des Essars, Sieur de Linières.