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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • James, Duke of Rothesay (22 May 1540 – 21 April 1541) was the first of the two sons and three children born to King James V of Scotland and his second...
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  • Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Rothesay or Rothsay may also refer to: Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada Rothesay (electoral...
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  • The Rothsay Castle (also spelt Rothesay Castle) was a paddle steamer built in 1816 for service on the River Clyde, Scotland, and was later transferred...
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    Corrigillis. Ninian Stewart was created Hereditary Captain and Keeper of Rothesay Castle on Bute in 1498 by James IV of Scotland, an honour still held by the...
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    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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    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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    Old Castle Lachlan Puck's Glen Rannoch Moor River Orchy Rothesay Castle Rothesay's Victorian Toilets Saddell Abbey Saddell Castle Skipness Castle Springbank...
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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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    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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    Cladach Kilchattan Bay Kingarth Port Bannatyne Rhubodach Rothesay Millport Rothesay Castle, Bute, with the 16th century forework in the centre, and the...
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    Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay, GCB, PC (2 January 1779 – 6 November 1845), known as Sir Charles Stuart between 1812 and 1828, was a prominent...
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    the Isle of Arran and made himself master of the Isle of Bute and Rothesay Castle, with the support of eighteen ships and 800 men supplied by King Henry...
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    James III of Scotland (category Dukes of Rothesay)
    infant Duke of Rothesay was born during the crisis which had seen his father stab William, Earl of Douglas to death in Stirling Castle. This murder did...
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  • heir apparent to the throne of Scotland from 1390 and the first Duke of Rothesay from 1398. He was named after his great-granduncle, David II of Scotland...
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    the Isle of Bute. He was possibly responsible for the erection of Rothesay Castle on the island. Alan allegedly accompanied Richard the Lionheart on...
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    Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Romantic...
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    Alnwick and much of Windsor Castle. A similar trend can be seen at Rothesay where William Burges renovated the older castle to produce a more "authentic"...
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    Rothesay Town Hall and County Buildings is a former municipal building in Castle Street, Rothesay, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place...
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    2019. "Stories: The Mey Games". "The Duke of Rothesay officially opens the Granary Lodge at the Castle of Mey | Prince of Wales". Horne, Marc. "Prince...
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  • forces were directed at Bute, where a stronghold—almost certainly Rothesay Castle—is reported to have fallen within a few days. Reports of a nearby fleet...
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    & Noble Books). pp. 376. Cruikshank Roger, James. (1986). Rothesay Castle and the Rothesay Tombs, (Privately Printed), 26. "...the bearings of the Cummings...
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    James I of Scotland (category Dukes of Rothesay)
    David, Duke of Rothesay, was probably murdered by their uncle Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, after being held at Albany's Falkland Castle. James, now heir...
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    Bruce's father-in-law the Earl of Ulster which attacked Rothesay Castle then besieged Inverkip Castle. By early September the joint force had taken both fortresses...
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    the powerful family of Stewart of Darnley he was created Governor of Rothesay Castle in 1465 and appointed Warden of the West Marches of Scotland. When...
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