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Margaret Winstar
Margaret or Margrethe Vinstarr (floruit, fl. 1590–1600), was a Danish courtier in Scotland to Anne of Denmark commemorated by the ballad "The Laird o Logie" for rescuing her imprisoned lover. A gentlewoman at the Scottish court of Anne of Denmark Margaret Vinstarr's family background is unclear, and her family name was written in various forms in Scotland, including "Wencksternis", "Winster", and "Vinkstarn". The family name "Venstermand" has been suggested. Robert Bowes (diplomat), Robert Bowes noted that she was descended from a wealthy Danish family. She was a favoured courtier of Anne of Denmark, whose Scottish household included ladies in waiting and servants from Denmark and the northern states of Germany. She may have come to Scotland with the diplomat Paul Knibbe in July 1591, when two gentlewomen left to return to Denmark. The two departing courtiers were probably Sophia Kaas and Cathrina Skinkel who had attended entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark, Anne of Denmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalkeith House (36653214790)
Dalkeith Palace is a country house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dukes of Buccleuch from 1642 until 1914, and is owned by the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust. The present palace was built 1701–1711 on the site of the medieval Dalkeith Castle, and was latterly renamed Dalkeith House. History The medieval castle Dalkeith Castle was located to the north east of Dalkeith and dated from the 12th century when it was in the possession of the Clan Graham, Lords of Dalkeith. With the death of John de Graham in 1341–1342 the castle and the barony of Dalkeith passed to the Clan Douglas via his sister, Marjory, who was married to Sir William Douglas. James Douglas of Dalkeith became the Earl of Morton in the mid 15th century. The castle was strategically located in an easily defensible position above a bend in the River Esk, Lothian, River North Esk. Nearer the centre of Dalkeith, James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith, endowed the collegiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Grant
Castle Grant stands a mile north of Grantown-on-Spey and was the former seat of the Clan Grant chiefs of Strathspey in Scottish Highlands, Highlands, Scotland.Coventry, Martin. (2008). ''Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans''. pp. 241 - 243. . It was originally named Freuchie Castle but was renamed Grant in 1694. The castle is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. The castle was sold by the Grant family in 1983, remaining in private ownership since. History 15th-16th centuries The castle is a Z-plan tower house that dates from the fifteenth century. The lands had been held by the Clan Comyn but passed to the Grants in the fifteenth century and it became their main stronghold. The castle was originally named Freuchie (from 'Fraoichaich', Scottish Gaelic descriptor for being of or abounding in, Heather) Castle and James Grant of Freuchie supported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Wemyss
Sir John Wemyss (11 April 1557 – 27 April 1624) was a Scottish landowner. Biography He was the son of David Wemyss (d. 1596) and Cecilia Ruthven, a daughter of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven. His home was Wemyss Castle in Fife, Scotland, Fife. The coastal location was sometimes called West Wemyss, and he was sometimes called the "Laird of West Wemyss". In May 1583 James, Lord Doune, his father-in-law, wrote to him about his feud with the John Boswell of Balmuto, Laird of Balmuto, which James VI intended to resolve. Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville, Sir Robert Melville had said that House of Raith were always friends to Wemyss. James VI had been playing a game in the Linlithgow Palace, Peel of Linlithgow with the Laird of Dunipace, and said he fought on Wemyss' side. John Wemyss went to Loch Gelly and built a fort and kept an armed boat to prevent the Boswells of Balmuto fishing on the loch. In 1592 he (and his father) provided a refuge at Wemyss castle for the Anne of Den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife, Scotland
Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the south, Perth and Kinross to the west and Clackmannanshire to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Dunfermline, and the administrative centre is Glenrothes. The area has an area of and had a resident population of in , making it Scotland's largest local authority area by population. The population is concentrated in the south, which contains Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. The north is less densely populated, and the largest town is St Andrews on the north-east coast. The area is governed by the unitary Fife Council. It covers the same area as the Counties of Scotland, historic county of the same name. Fife was one of the major Picts, Pictish monarchy, kingdoms, known as ''Fib'', and is still commonly known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wemyss Castle
Wemyss Castle (pronounced eems is situated in Wemyss on the sea cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland. Wemyss Castle is considered to be a multi-period building, and today's castle includes many elements from former periods such as the 15th-century tower and the 19th-century stables and gatepiers. History Accounts date the construction of the castle to 1421 when Sir John Wemyss decided to build a fortified castle to replace one destroyed by the Duke of Rothesay at Kilconquhar in 1402. The castle is thus the ancient seat of the Earls of Wemyss and their families. Historically, the castle is perhaps best known as the location where Mary, Queen of Scots, met her future husband Lord Darnley, on 17 February 1565. The court of James VI stayed at Wemyss Castle in July 1583. On 11 May 1590 a party of Danish commissioners led by Peder Munk and the Scottish lawyer John Skene stayed at Wemyss Castle. Their task was to view and take sasine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wemyss Castle And Gardens - Geograph
Wemyss can refer to: Places * Wemyss, Fife, a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth. * Wemyss Bay, a large village in Inverclyde, Scotland ** Wemyss Bay railway station, a terminus on the Inverclyde Line ** Castle Wemyss, a demolished mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland * Coaltown of Wemyss, a village in the Wemyss area of Fife, Scotland * East Wemyss, a village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland * Wemyss Castle, a castle in Wemyss on the cliffs between East and West Wemyss * Wemyss Cave, a cave in Fife, Scotland, where very early prehistoric art was found * West Wemyss, a village on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland People * Clan Wemyss, a Lowland Scottish clan * Earl of Wemyss and March, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland held by a joint holder since 1826 * James Wemyss (other), multiple people :* James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (died 1682), husband of Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss :* James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Wauchope Of Niddrie
Archibald Wauchope of Niddrie ( – 1597) Scottish landowner and rebel. Family background He was the son of Robert Wauchope of Niddrie, who died in 1598, and Margaret Dundas, daughter of James Dundas of Dundas. He was known as the "Laird of Niddrie, younger". The Wauchope lands were at Niddrie, Edinburgh, also called "Niddrie-Merschell". Career In 1580 at Peffermill, Wauchope and his servant Joseph Reidpath killed Gilbert Home, a servant of John Bothwell, Abbot of Holyrood, who had criticised him for hitting an officer-at-arms. The Home family accepted Wauchope's humiliation and repentance. In 1588 Wauchope and his father were involved in the murders of James and John Giffart of Sherriffhall, Robert Caise in Dalkeith, and John Edmonstone, brother of the Laird of Woolmet. He was captured at Bridgend on 12 May 1589 by Andrew Edmonstone, after a short siege was ended by James VI, and brought to Edinburgh. James Sandilands of Slamannan helped Wauchope escape from a window of Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalkeith Palace
Dalkeith Palace is a country house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dukes of Buccleuch from 1642 until 1914, and is owned by the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust. The present palace was built 1701–1711 on the site of the medieval Dalkeith Castle, and was latterly renamed Dalkeith House. History The medieval castle Dalkeith Castle was located to the north east of Dalkeith and dated from the 12th century when it was in the possession of the Clan Graham, Lords of Dalkeith. With the death of John de Graham in 1341–1342 the castle and the barony of Dalkeith passed to the Clan Douglas via his sister, Marjory, who was married to Sir William Douglas. James Douglas of Dalkeith became the Earl of Morton in the mid 15th century. The castle was strategically located in an easily defensible position above a bend in the River Esk, Lothian, River North Esk. Nearer the centre of Dalkeith, James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith, endowed the collegiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burleigh Castle
The remains of Burleigh Castle are located just outside the village of Milnathort, 1.5 miles north of Kinross, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, and now sits beside the A911 road, opposite a 19th-century steading, recently adapted into housing. History The lands of Burleigh were held by the Balfours from 1456, when they were granted by James II to John Balfour of Balgarvie, and a tower house was erected in the late 15th or early 16th century. Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich extended the castle in the late 16th century, adding a curtain wall with a corner tower, and other outbuildings. The castle was a convenient stopping place, Mary of Guise came to dinner at Burleigh on 9 January 1540 and went on to Falkland Palace. James VI of Scotland was a frequent visitor in the time of his son, Sir Michael Balfour. James VI visited Lady Burleigh for a few days in April 1587, and came to Burleigh in January 1589 after spending Christma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh PC (died 15 March 1619) was a Scottish peer. Balfour was the eldest son of Sir James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich, President of the Court of Session, and his wife Margaret Balfour, daughter of Michael Balfour of Burleigh. James Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Glenawley, was his younger brother. His residence was Burleigh Castle near Kinross. He was knighted at the opening of Parliament in 1592. Rebel In February 1584 James VI confirmed Michael Balfour and his wife Christine Beaton's charter for his daughter Margaret Balfour of lands in Perthshire and Stirling including Skeoch Mill at Bannockburn. In the early 1590s Balfour supported and intrigued with the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, along with other landowners including John Wemyss of Logie and Archibald Wauchope of Niddrie. He had initially fought against Bothwell, resisting his assault on Holyrood Palace and was involved in the summary execution of some of Bothwell's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke Of Lennox
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond (29 September 157416 February 1624) was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman and a second cousin of King James VI and I. He was involved in court theatre and the Plantation of Ulster in Ireland and the colonization of Maine in New England. Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Richmond's Island and Cape Richmond as well as Richmond, Maine (formerly Fort Richmond), are named after him. His magnificent monument with effigies survives in Westminster Abbey. Origins He was the eldest son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542-1583), a Frenchman of Scottish ancestry, by his wife Catherine de Balsac (1547 - 1631), a daughter of Guillaume de Balsac, Sieur d'Entragues, by his wife Louise d'Humières. Ludovic's father was a favourite and first cousin once removed of King James VI and I, James VI (the King's father Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley having been Esmé's first cousin). Ludovic was therefore himself a second cousin to the King. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Belo
William Belo or Below or Belou (1579–1635) was a German-speaking servant of Anne of Denmark in Scotland and England. Background Belo was a member of the aristocratic Mecklenburg Below family. He may have been a relation of the councilor and diplomat Henrik Below. As a ten-year-old he joined the household of Anne of Denmark in 1589. He was probably a page boy. At the Scottish court Belo was given expensive clothes to wear as a child and teenager at the Scottish court, and may have been of small stature. The accounts of Thomas Foulis mention that the "littil Duchman" at court was given a New Year's Day gift of a diamond ring in 1596 worth 50 French crowns. There was another servant from Mecklenburg in Anne's household, Jacob, who was a lackey attending the queen's horse. Hennink Mildenitz was another young male servant, who returned to the Danish court in 1602 after serving the queen since 1589. Mildenitz may have been the " Brunswick" lackey mentioned in the queen's clothin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
