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15 matches to Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle. British royal residence since 9C.
Edward VIII. 1894-1972. King of UK 1936. Abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, became Duke of Windsor.
O’Connor, Rory. c1116-98. Last high king of Ireland 1166-75. Submitted to Henry II in Treaty of Windsor.
Windsor. 1917-. Surname of British royal family, replacing Wettin, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in WWI.
Bonivard, François de. 1494-1570. Prior of St. Victori, Geneva. Reformer, imprisonned at Chillon, 1530-4. Subject of Byron poem.
Castlereagh, Robert. 1769-1822. Represented Britain at Congress of Vienna.
Chillon Castle. 900-1200. Mostly built by Peter II of Savoy. Subject of Byron poem.
Fontainebleau. 12C castle richly decorated by Francis I.
Kafka, Franz. 1883-1924. Czech introspective writer. Alienation of modern man. The Trial 1925. The Castle 1926. Published posthumously.
Lady of the Lake. Gave Excalibur to Arthur. Lived in castle under the lake.
Magritte, René. 1898-1967. Belgian Surrealist painter. Ceci n’est pas un pipe 1948. Castle of the Pyrenees 1962.
Motte and Bailey. (Mound and enclosure). Predominant form of castle 11-12C.
Oldcastle, John. c1378-1417. English soldier. Lollard heretic leader. Model for Falstaff.
Vanbrugh, John. 1664-1726. English Restoration dramatist, Baroque architect: Castle Howard 1702. Blenheim Palace 1705.
Walpole, Horace. 1717-97. English writer, connoisseur. First Gothic Romance. Castle of Otranto 1765.