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The Chateau Fort Fréteval mission was to protect the County of Blois to the West, especially against the Counts of Vendome and Anjou. Also at the time of the Plantagenets (late twelfth century) were around the scene of several battles. The most famous was in 1194. During the Battle of Fréteval, Richard the Lionheart and Philip Augustus defeated the latter forced to flee, abandoning its Archives.