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| − | '''Bamburgh Castle''' is a fortress located in [[Northumbria]]. | + | '''Bamburgh Castle''' is a fortress located in [[Northumberland|Northumbria]]. [[Arkil Morel]] is the castle's steward. |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| + | In [[Timeline#995-1993|1093]], King [[Canmore|Malcolm Canmore]] and his son, Prince [[Donald Canmore|Domnall]] met with [[Robert de Mowbray]] and Arkil Morel at Bamburgh Castle. There, the [[Scotland|Scottish]] King explained his intenton to attack the nearby village of [[Alnwick]] to demonstrate Northumbria's need for [[England|England's]] protection. It was also here that King Malcolm first noticed, from the parapets, the local [[Northumbria Clan|clan]] of [[gargoyle]]s at [[Brada Hill]]. ''([[Fools Rush In...|"Fools Rush In..."]])'' | ||
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| + | ==Real World Background== | ||
| + | Bamburgh Castle was said to have originally been built in 547 as the stronghold of King Aelle, an Angle king in Northumbria, who named it after his wife Bebbe ("Bamburgh" being descended from "Bebbe's burh" – "burh" was an Old English word for "castle"). It was converted into a stone castle by the Normans; Robert de Mowbray held it against King [[William Rufus]] of England when he rebelled against him in 1095 (he was captured, however, and William Rufus forced the castle to surrender by threatening to blind Mowbray). Thereafter it was held by a series of constables, among whom was Henry "Hotspur" Percy (the same who featured prominently in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]''). During the Wars of the Roses, Bamburgh sided with the Lancastrian cause, until the Yorkists took it in the June of 1464, with the help of early cannons (Bamburgh was the first English castle to fall to gunpowder-based weaponry). | ||
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| + | According to Sir [[Thomas Malory|Thomas Malory's]] ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', Bamburgh was one of two possible locations for Joyous Garde, the castle of Sir Lancelot (Alnwick was the other). Bamburgh's name under the post-[[Rome|Roman]] Britons was "Din Guyardi", echoing the "Garde" part of "Joyous Garde", which gives it the stronger claim. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 26 July 2025
Bamburgh Castle is a fortress located in Northumbria. Arkil Morel is the castle's steward.
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History
In 1093, King Malcolm Canmore and his son, Prince Domnall met with Robert de Mowbray and Arkil Morel at Bamburgh Castle. There, the Scottish King explained his intenton to attack the nearby village of Alnwick to demonstrate Northumbria's need for England's protection. It was also here that King Malcolm first noticed, from the parapets, the local clan of gargoyles at Brada Hill. ("Fools Rush In...")
Real World Background
Bamburgh Castle was said to have originally been built in 547 as the stronghold of King Aelle, an Angle king in Northumbria, who named it after his wife Bebbe ("Bamburgh" being descended from "Bebbe's burh" – "burh" was an Old English word for "castle"). It was converted into a stone castle by the Normans; Robert de Mowbray held it against King William Rufus of England when he rebelled against him in 1095 (he was captured, however, and William Rufus forced the castle to surrender by threatening to blind Mowbray). Thereafter it was held by a series of constables, among whom was Henry "Hotspur" Percy (the same who featured prominently in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1). During the Wars of the Roses, Bamburgh sided with the Lancastrian cause, until the Yorkists took it in the June of 1464, with the help of early cannons (Bamburgh was the first English castle to fall to gunpowder-based weaponry).
According to Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Bamburgh was one of two possible locations for Joyous Garde, the castle of Sir Lancelot (Alnwick was the other). Bamburgh's name under the post-Roman Britons was "Din Guyardi", echoing the "Garde" part of "Joyous Garde", which gives it the stronger claim.
See Also
- Bamburgh Castle at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
