Dunbar Castle was one of the strongest fortresses in Scotland, situated in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of the town of Dunbar, in East...
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Dunbar (/dʌnˈbɑːr/ ) is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately 30 miles (50 kilometres) east of Edinburgh...
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ancestral village, Dunbar, Sophie is warmly welcomed. People there love her books, even the last one. Shown the nearby castle, Dun Dunbar, where her grandfather...
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1331 to 1357. On 13 January 1338, when Patrick Dunbar was away, the English laid siege to Dunbar Castle, where the Countess was in residence with her servants...
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to him." The next objective in the campaign was the Earl of March's castle at Dunbar, a few miles up the coast from Berwick. March was with the English...
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Black Beard, Earl of Dunbar who claimed it through his royal grandmother, Ada. Patrick's wife was a Comyn who held Dunbar Castle for John Balliol, although...
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SS Olympia (redirect from SS Dunbar Castle)
Castle but launched as SS Dunbar Castle in 1883 by Barclay, Curle and Co. of Glasgow, Scotland, for the Castle Mail Packet Company. In 1895, Dunbar Castle...
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1562 Mary, Queen of Scots sent an army equipped with artillery from Dunbar Castle to besiege Findlater, and eject John Gordon of Findlater. When Mary...
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John Muir Country Park (section Dunbar Castle)
stretching along 13 kilometres (8 mi) of coastline from Pfeffer Sands to Dunbar Castle. The area forms part of the Firth of Forth Ramsar Site, the Firth of...
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Dunbar castle was then held of the King by Angus and Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes. Dunbar fled to England calling for help in regaining Dunbar castle by...
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of Scottish Independence. The Scots were defeated at Dunbar and the English took Dunbar Castle on 27 April 1296. John abdicated at Stracathro, near Montrose...
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He hired a team of masons to amend and repair the fortification at Dunbar Castle. Albany went to Rome as a diplomat working for France and Scotland....
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George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar and March (1338–1422), 12th Lord of Annandale and Lord of the Isle of Man, was "one of the most powerful nobles...
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Mary, Queen of Scots (category People of Stirling Castle)
Darnley and Mary escaped from the palace. They took temporary refuge in Dunbar Castle before returning to Edinburgh on 18 March. The former rebels Lords Moray...
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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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of Scottish Independence. The Scots were defeated at Dunbar and the English took Dunbar Castle on 27 April 1296. Edward forced John to abdicate, which...
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from Dunbar Castle which was held by the French garrison of the Duke of Albany. According to Pitscottie, the guns supplied by Captain Maurice of Dunbar were...
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East Lothian (section Presbytery of Dunbar)
modern conflicts and several fortified castles and buildings such as Dunbar Castle, Tantallon Castle and Dirleton Castle date from this period. In the 12th...
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Patrick V, Earl of March (redirect from Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar)
of Bannockburn, Patrick de Dunbar gave sanctuary and quarter to the English King Edward II at the fortress of Dunbar Castle, on the east coast of Scotland...
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majority. She was released on 31 August 1439. Joan died in 1445 at Dunbar Castle and was buried beside her first husband in the Carthusian Priory at...
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Patrick III, 7th Earl of Dunbar (c. 1213 – 24 August 1289) was lord of the feudal barony of Dunbar and its castle, which dominated East Lothian, and the...
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the castle. He also commissioned the construction of the great hall at Edinburgh Castle, rebuilding at Linlithgow Palace, Rothesay Castle, and Dunbar Castle...
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Scotland: Black Agnes defends against the Earl of Salisbury's siege of Dunbar Castle. Woeful Second World War: Interbellum hyperinflation complicates an...
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the rescue of Dunbar Castle. John did not accompany the army. The two armies came met each other on 27 April and gave battle, near Dunbar. The Scots occupied...
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"his esquire, David de Home". In a charter dated at Dunbar Castle 29 February 1413, George de Dunbar, Earl of March, confirmed the previous charter granted...
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pursued by James Douglas and a small troop of horsemen, Edward fled to Dunbar Castle, from which he took a ship to Berwick. From the carnage of Bannockburn...
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circumstances: in the first, Bothwell kidnapped the queen, took her to Dunbar Castle, and raped her. In the second, Mary was a willing participant in the...
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May 1479, Albany was accused of treason for arming and provisioning Dunbar Castle against the king, assisting known rebels and deliberately causing trouble...
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William Wynter off Dunbar sailing towards the Isle of May and sent a boat to investigate. Mary, Queen of Scots made him keeper of Dunbar Castle when she returned...
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July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018. Dunbar (1975), p. 2. Dunbar (1975), p. 26. "Doors open after £12m Stirling Castle Royal Palace revamp". BBC News (Scotland)...
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