Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300...

island Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots met John Knox in April 1563. Since 1546, he and his mother had built the "Newhouse of Lochleven" on the...

Thomas Douglas, younger of Lochleven, and Elizabeth Boyd, his home was Lochleven Castle set on an island in Loch Leven. Some of his estate papers survive,...

There are seven islands on the loch, the largest being St Serf's Inch. Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567, lies on one of...

It reaches its climax in the escape of Mary, Queen of Scots from Lochleven Castle leading to her defeat at the Battle of Langside and her final departure...

survives of textiles and thread sent to Mary at Lochleven, Carlisle, and Bolton Castle. Projects at Lochleven included large quantities of sequins, called...

was the wife of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, who as Laird of Lochleven Castle was the custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots during her captivity from...

Following an uprising against the couple, Mary was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle. On 24 July 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old...

a while, actually died in captivity in Lochleven Castle in 1478. During the Scottish Reformation, the castle became a centre of religious persecution...

was forced to abdicate in favour of James VI. Mary was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle, while her Protestant half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, was...

Leven. Mary would have been imprisoned in Lochleven Castle or at St Andrews Castle and Darnley taken to Castle Campbell to prevent their marriage. Following...

travelled between Perth and Edinburgh. They would be imprisoned in Lochleven Castle or Castle Campbell. According to Adam Blackwood the plot failed while the...

around the deposing of Mary Queen of Scots. If so, "Lochleven" would presumably refer to Lochleven Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567...

gentlewomen. Moray was at Lochleven Castle with his mother and brother, recovering from an illness. Argyll travelled from Castle Campbell, expecting to meet...

a freshwater loch in Perth and Kinross Lochleven Castle, a fortress on the loch William Douglas of Lochleven, later the 6th Earl of Morton Loch Leven...

them to Linlithgow Palace. Instead, Robert Douglas took Lord James to Lochleven Castle. In May 1553, the imperial ambassador to England, Jean Scheyfve, heard...

stepson Lord James of St Andrews to Lochleven Castle instead, defying the Regent. James Stewart was at Stirling Castle with his sister Mary, Queen of Scots...

Edinburgh. Seton assisted the queen's escape from the island fortress of Lochleven Castle by standing at a window dressed in the queen's clothes while she fled...

followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Lochleven Castle in May 1568. Those who ruled in the name of her infant son James VI...

continue in use by the current Perth and Kinross Council. Cleish Castle Lochleven Castle "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September...

Darnley. In 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was deposed and imprisoned in Lochleven Castle. Around the time she was made to abdicate, William Maitland of Lethington...

both the Scottish and English courts. When Mary was imprisoned at Lochleven Castle, Maitland and Mary Fleming sent her a gold jewel depicting the lion...

married Robert Douglas of Lochleven, who was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh. She became the châtelaine of Lochleven Castle. She had two sons with...

In June 1567, Protestant rebels arrested Mary and imprisoned her in Lochleven Castle; she never saw her son again. She was forced to abdicate on 24 July...

imprisonment in Lochleven Castle. The Scottish lords forced her to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, James VI. James was taken to Stirling Castle to be...

involve Rizzio. Moray however did not come to Perth, but stayed at Lochleven Castle. Rumours followed that Moray and the Earl of Argyll planned to kidnap...

queen, while she was imprisoned at Lochleven Castle, to her abdication in July 1567. When Mary escaped from Lochleven, he led the vanguard of the army which...

escaped from Lochleven Castle in May 1568, the Earl of Mar was ordered step up security at Stirling around the king and expel from the castle all but his...

shores of Loch Leven. There are boat trips around the loch and to Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was held prisoner in 1567. Up to 2014 the...

May 1568, after her escape from captivity in Lochleven Castle. George, Lord Seton garrisoned the castle in support of Queen Mary in 1572 during the civil...