4287 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
27. Oktober 2012
Ort:
Banbury Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
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Warwick Castle is one of England’s greatest castles. As in England’s other county towns the castle was built by William I (1068). In 1088 its constable, Henry de Beaumont, was created Earl of Warwick, starting a long association with the holders of the title. In 1264, during the struggle between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, it fell to a surprise attack from nearby Kenilworth Castle, and the earl himself was taken prisoner. The attackers badly damaged the castle so most stonework dates from after this time, mainly the work of the Beauchamp earls, who turned it into one of England’s most formidable fortresses. When the last male Beauchamp died, both title and castle passed by marriage to Richard Neville. Known as ‘The Kingmaker’ for his pivotal role in the War of the Roses, Warwick Castle was a potent symbol of his great wealth and power. After he was slain at the Battle of Barnet in 1471 Edward IV’s brothers, George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Gloucester, who had each married one of his daughters, squabbled over the spoils. Clarence got the castle and earldom, but he was executed for treason in 1478 and his son was just a boy, so both boy and castle were placed in the care of Gloucester, later Richard III, who instigated major works, left unfinished after his death at the Battle of Bosworth. The young earl was now the last male Plantagenet; he was never allowed to enjoy his inheritance, remaining in confinement until he was executed on a trumped up treason charge in 1499. The castle fell to the crown, but the age of castles was passing and it fell into disrepair. It was rescued by Sir Fulke Greville, who obtained the castle in 1604 and turned it into a stately home, although his heir defended it for Parliament in the Civil War, thus saving it from the common fate of slighting. In 1759 the Grevilles gained the title Earl of Warwick, so the connection between the castle and title was renewed, enduring until the 7th Earl sold it to Madame Tussaud’s in 1978.
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