Edinburgh Castle is in Edinburgh.
On 5th September 1186 King William I of Scotland [aged 43] and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland [aged 16] were married at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map] by Archbishop Baldwin of Forde [aged 61]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. His bride had been chosen by King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 53] as part of the Treaty of Falaise. William received Edinburgh Castle [Map] as a wedding gift from King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria and Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria. They were half fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1341 William "Flower of Chivalry and Knight Liddesdale" Douglas 1st Earl Atholl [aged 41] was captured at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
In October 1355 Thomas Grey [aged 27] was imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
On 22nd February 1371 King David II of Scotland [aged 46] died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map]. His nephew Robert [aged 54] succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister Marjorie Bruce who had married Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.
On 26th March 1437 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 77] and his grandson Robert Stewart [aged 37] were hanged, drawn and quartered at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for having conspired to assassinate King James I of Scotland [deceased].
On 22nd February 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale [aged 27] was murdered by King James II of Scotland [aged 21] at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford [aged 29]. His brother James [aged 26] succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.
On 14th July 1510 Arthur Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay died at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
In 1537 Archibald Campbell of Skipness died whilst attempting to escape at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
On 17th July 1537 Janet Douglas Lady Glamis [aged 39] was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the king's [aged 25] life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon [aged 16], was supposedly a witness to the burning.
On 11th June 1560 Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [aged 44] died at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
On 19th June 1566 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland was born to Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart [aged 20] and Mary Queen of Scots [aged 23] at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.67%. He married 23rd November 1589 his third cousin once removed Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland, daughter of Frederick II King of Denmark and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark, and had issue.
On 3rd March 1572 Henry Stewart 2nd Lord Methven [aged 44] was shot and killed by a cannon at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. His son Henry succeeded 3rd Lord Methven.
In 1708 Charles Hay 13th Earl Erroll was imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle [Map].
1831. David Roberts [aged 34]. Edinburgh Town and Castle [Map].
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In August 1917 Joseph Edwin Sewell [aged 18] was stationed at Edinburgh Castle [Map] as described in his letters home.