Medieval Castles in Europe

This is the Warwick Castle, it is older than most countries the castle can be traced back to 914 AD when Alfred The Great’s daughter built a fort on the site.in the whole world. The original castle was built in 1068 by William The Conqueror, out of wood. In order to make room for the castle in the existing city, four houses were destroyed. At this time in world history, Europe was a collection of empires and clans, with Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Sweden nowhere near being formed

this castle was also owned by a two year old girl at one stage when Henry de Beauchamp, the 1st Duke Of Warwick and owner of the castle, died in 1446, he didn’t have a son to pass down his property to, so it went to his daughter Anne. But Anne was just two years old, and she only owned it for three years before she sadly passing away at the age of 5.

King Edward IV was also locked up in the Warwick Castle during the Wars Of The Roses. Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, captured him and then attempted to reign but was not welcomed by the nobility, so released the King after a few months.

 The Castle Dungeons are now open for visits so you can witness precisely where the tortuous imprisonments took place.