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English: Leeds Castle A popular tourist attraction in Kent. http://www.leeds-castle.com/goto.php?sess=u2951870%7Cp178%7Cn1%7Cc1519316%7Cs0%7Cg1%7Cd0&pg=Home
The Saxon manor of Esledes was an ideal place for the descendant of one of William the Conquerors lords, Robert de Crevecoeur, to fortify and build a castle in 1119. Leeds Castle passed into royal hands in 1278 and became part of the Queen of Englands dower - the settlement widowed queens received upon the death of their husbands. Over the course of 150 years it was held by six mediaeval queens: Eleanor of Castile; Margaret of France; Isabella of France, Joan of Navarre; Anne of Bohemia and Catherine de Valois. In Tudor times Henry VIII visited frequently, notably with his Queen, Catherine of Aragon, and their entire court on the way to the tournament of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, which took place in France in 1520. Henrys son, King Edward VI, granted the castle to one of Henrys courtiers for his services. |
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| Author | Nigel Chadwick |
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