Edinburgh Castle is in Edinburgh.
On 5th September 1186 King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland were married at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map] by Archbishop Baldwin of Forde. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. His bride had been chosen by King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England as part of the Treaty of Falaise. William received Edinburgh Castle [Map] as a wedding gift from King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria and Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria. They were half fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1341 William "Flower of Chivalry and Knight Liddesdale" Douglas 1st Earl Atholl was captured at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
In October 1355 Thomas Grey was imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
On 22nd February 1371 King David II of Scotland died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map]. His nephew Robert succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister Marjorie Bruce who had married Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.
On 26th March 1437 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness and his grandson Robert Stewart were hanged, drawn and quartered at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for having conspired to assassinate King James I of Scotland.
On 22nd February 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale was murdered by King James II of Scotland at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford. His brother James succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.
On 14th July 1510 Arthur Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay died at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
In 1537 Archibald Campbell of Skipness died whilst attempting to escape at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
On 17th July 1537 Janet Douglas Lady Glamis was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the king's life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon, was supposedly a witness to the burning.
On 11th June 1560 Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland died at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
On 19th June 1566 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland was born to Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart and Mary Queen of Scots at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.67%. He married 23rd November 1589 his third cousin once removed Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland, daughter of Frederick II King of Denmark and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark, and had issue.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 3rd March 1572 Henry Stewart 2nd Lord Methven was shot and killed by a cannon at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. His son Henry succeeded 3rd Lord Methven.
In 1708 Charles Hay 13th Earl Erroll was imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
1831. David Roberts. Edinburgh Town and Castle [Map].
In August 1917 Joseph Edwin Sewell was stationed at Edinburgh Castle [Map] as described in his letters home.