Rothesay Castle is a ruined castle in Rothesay, the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in western Scotland. Located at NS086646, the castle has been described...
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town is the 13th-century ruin Rothesay Castle, unique in Scotland for its circular plan. In modern Scottish Gaelic, Rothesay is known as Baile Bhòid, meaning...
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Isle of Bute (section Rothesay)
two strongholds; one is the round castle of Bute, called Rothesay of old, by Borrowstone. Before the town and castle is a bay of the sea, which is a good...
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Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and Hereditary Keeper of Rothesay Castle. The future Marquess was born at the family seat of Mount Stuart, on...
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The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977...
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James IV of Scotland (redirect from Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay)
Duke of Rothesay's meeting with the Duke of Albany during the 1482 crisis. On 2 February 1488, the Duke of Rothesay departed from Stirling Castle, without...
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phase of castle building to an end and began a new phase of siege warfare. The first recorded siege in Scotland was the 1230 siege of Rothesay Castle where...
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Marquess of Bute (section Cardiff Castle)
of Great Britain. The marquess of Bute is the hereditary keeper of Rothesay Castle, a privilege granted to the ancestor of the Earls and Marquesses of...
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Robert III of Scotland (section Rothesay's lieutenancy)
taking Wark Castle around 13 October 1399. A far-reaching dispute between Rothesay and George Dunbar, Earl of March, occurred when Rothesay, rather than...
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Clan Stewart (section Earl Castle Stewart)
branches of the Clan Stewart. Rothesay Castle was built by the Stewarts at the beginning of the 13th century. Drumin Castle was the home of Alexander Stewart...
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