Royal Residences | Great Britain | Countess of Burgundy

RAVENSTONE HALL value now

Castles, Manors

&

Chateaux

of My Ancestors

Royal Residences,

Castles & Manor Estates

of our ancestors

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

Dover Castle- is now an English Heritage site

Dover, England

Henry II

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

London, England

Edward I

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'

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

Many Welsh Castles TBA

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

'House of Dunkeld'

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Malcolm II King of The Scots

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

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

The High House of Stafford, Now shops and offices

Staffordshire

'House of Stafford'

Cranford Manor

John of Cranford

Cranford st John

st Dunstan Church & Parish

Shardlow Hall

Derbyshire

built in 1684 for Leonard Fosbrooke

Ravenstone Hall

Leicester

' The Fosbrokes'

Middle Hope Manor

Lower House Farm, Shropshire

Hugh Capet

French Dynasties

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.

Windsor BBC Tour

The Old Palace of Westminster

KERAK CASTLE TOUR

DINEFWR CASTLE TOUR

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

more info

PENSHURST CASTLE TOUR

DOVER CASTLE TOUR

LECTURE VIDEO

white tower tour

HOUSE OF STAFFORD TOUR

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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

HIGH HOUSE OF STAFFORD

IN 1948

AND NOW

CRANFORD MANOR info

st Dunstan Cranford

Siltric I Castle

Chateau de Nuef

Chateau neuf en-Boutières

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.