Castles, Manors

&

Chateaux

of My Ancestors

Royal Residences,

Castles & Manor Estates

of our ancestors

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Tower of London  'The White Tower'- still owned by royalty of England.

William I The Conqueror 

Also MANY  other castles built by William I

Windsor Castle- Still a royal residence

Berkshire, England

Henry I

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Dover Castle- is now an English Heritage site

Dover, England

Henry II

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​Palace of Westminster, Now- 'The Houses of Parliament'

London, England

Edward I

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Kerak Castle - Built 1140s, known by The Crusaders as'Crac des Moabites' and in history as 'Karak in Moab' - Besieged and taken in 1189 by

Saladin ( first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty )

Al-Karak Southern Jordan

'Kings of Jerusalem'

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Siltric I Castle,

King of Dublin & York

Built on Roan Fortifications

Dinefwr Castle- Now a ruin owned by The National Trust

Carmarthenshire, Wales.

'House of Dinefwr

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Many Welsh Castles TBA

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Dunkeld Castle - Demolished, it once stood in the vicinity of Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire Scotland.

'House of Dunkeld'

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Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Malcolm II King of The Scots

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​Hugh Capet inherited vast estates in the regions of Paris and Orléans, extending in some places south of the Loire River. 

Chateau de Nuef en Cote d Or

Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, Burgundy, France

COMTE GUERIN DURANDONNAT LUCAS

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Chateau neuf en-Boutières

SEIGNEUR GULLIAUME de Chateau Neuf en Boutieres

Bedford Castle- Demolished

Bedfordshire.

Baron of Bedford,William de Beauchamp

Penshurst Castle & Manor

Penshurst, Kent.

Humphrey Stafford,1st Duke of Buckingham

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The High House of Stafford, Now shops and offices 

Staffordshire

'House of Stafford'

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Cranford Manor   

John of Cranford

Cranford st John

st Dunstan Church & Parish

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Shardlow Hall

Derbyshire

built in 1684 for Leonard Fosbrooke

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Ravenstone Hall

Leicester 

' The Fosbrokes'

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Middle Hope  Manor

Lower House Farm, Shropshire

Hugh Capet

Ruin of Castle Senlis,

the place of election of Hugh Capet

The Tower of London

The White Tower

Built by William I, for his residence.

The Old Palace of Westminster

Possible site of DUNKELD CASTLE , ruin to the left is Bishops Tower, big house in the middle is DUNKELD HOUSE ( Picture 1693)

BEDFORD CASTLE, artist impression above

Left what remains in 1979

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Early 20th century  SHARDLOW HALL

Then during 1910-1935 it was used as a school

TO THE RIGHT how it looks now, empty

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HIGH HOUSE OF STAFFORD

IN 1948

AND NOW

Siltric I Castle

Castle of Niort

Niort, Deux-Sevres France

The castle was started by Henry II Plantagenet in the 12th century and it was completed by his son Richard the Lionheart. Today The castle houses several museums, including an archeological museum on the ground floor. 

st Peters, Diddlebury, my ancestor

Rev William Fosbrooks parish