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
