siege, early modern

Siege of Chartres

Siege of Chartres was a siege conducted on 15 March 1568 at Chartres, in what is now France. It was part of the French Wars of Religion, which ran from 1562 to 1598.

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Conde and his Huguenot troops besiege the town of Chartres, from across the river (1568). Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	15 March 1568
Place	Chartres, France 48.447N, 1.488E
Part of	French Wars of Religion (1562 to 1598)
Kind	Siege, early modern

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Chartres AD 911, same recorded site
Siege of Chartres 1591, 1.1 km
Siege of Thimert 1058, 22 km
Battle of Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais 1870, 24 km
Battle of Dreux 1562, 26 km

In the same war

Before: Siege of Orléans December 1562
After: Battle of Jarnac 13 March 1569
All 24 engagements of French Wars of Religion

Elsewhere in 1568

Siege of Chartres is one of 831 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7509924, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Chartres (1568), revision 1384915603, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.