William caused a castle to be built at Hastings probably using the earthworks of the existing Saxon castle.

Stephen marched north to Lincoln and agreed to a truce with Ranulf, probably to keep him from joining the Empress's faction, under which Ranulf would be allowed to keep the castle.

This village centered around a small ( probably wooden ) castle or ' Motteburcht ' on an equally small hill, which became derelict and was torn down after a few centuries at most.

Some time between the Norman Conquest and the compilation of the Domesday Book, William the Conqueror granted the burh to Juhel of Totnes, who was probably responsible for the first construction of the castle.

During his long reign royal castle of Buda became probably the largest Gothic palace of the late Middle Ages.

Barbara's only child, born in the purple on 7 October 1409, probably in the castle of Visegrád, was Elisabeth of Luxembourg, the future queen consort of Hungary, Germany and Bohemia.

The site of the palace had been that of a castle, probably from the early Middle Ages, around which the city had developed.

The officials were probably saved by their coats and uneven castle walls slowing down their fall.

Near the castle are the ruins of the fourteenth-century palace of the grand jury and the old cathedral ( 1603 ) probably built on a design by architect Camillo Camillians.

He was probably born at Dolwyddelan though not in the present Dolwyddelan castle, which was built by Llywelyn himself.

After the migrations, Slavs moved in and Potsdam was probably founded after the 7th century as a settlement of the Heveller centred on a castle.

York was probably short of provisions in the castle and seeing that the enemy were apparently no stronger than his own army, seized the opportunity to engage them in the open rather than withstand a siege while waiting for reinforcements.

He became the king ’ s vassal probably after 1321, because it was towards the end of 1321 or the beginning of 1322 when the king personally lead a campaign to the Banat that resulted in his recapture of the castle of Mehadia from the rebel Vejteh family.

The earliest monument in the town is the motte-and-bailey castle, now known as Millmount Fort, which overlooks the town from a bluff on the south bank of the Boyne, and which was probably erected by the Norman Lord of Meath, Hugh de Lacy sometime before 1186.

A thick portion of the castle wall and water gate can still be seen on West Quay, and the remains of a wall of a building that was probably built within the castle can be viewed in Queen Street.

Alexander, probably under pressure from his close kinsmen Donald Balloch, John Mór's son, and Alasdair Carrach of Lochaber, led a rebellion attacking the castle and burgh of Inverness in spring 1429.

The first road was probably High Street, which formed the wide market place to the east of the castle gates.

In Norman times a small castle was established at Bossiney, probably before the Domesday Survey of 1086 ; Bossiney and Trevena were established as a borough in 1253 by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall.

The second castle of Opole was probably founded in the 14th century by duke Władysław Opolczyk, though some sources claim that it was originally a wooden stronghold of Opole's castellan dating into 12th century.

The king enhanced its defences, and it was probably Edward who created the lake which surrounds the castle.

Below the castle, the church of St. George is probably the oldest in Campobasso, built around the year 1000 AD over the ruins of a Pagan temple.

In 1514, during the peasant revolt of György Dózsa, some were imprisoned in the castle and probably tortured.

Stephen marched north to Lincoln and agreed to a truce with Ranulf, probably to keep him from joining the Empress's faction, under which Ranulf would be allowed to keep the castle.

John of Gaunt spent lavishly in the late 14th century, turning the medieval castle into a palace fortress designed in the latest perpendicular style.

He regarded Knaresborough as an important northern fortress and spent £ 1, 290 on improvements to the castle.

In 1167 he joined Owain Gwynedd in an attack on Owain Cyfeiliog of southern Powys, and spent three weeks helping Owain besiege the Norman castle of Rhuddlan.

Morton was an important foe of the Yorkist regime of King Richard III and spent some time in captivity in Brecknock castle.

Margaret was baptised at Toul in Lorraine and, in the care of her father's old nurse Theophanie la Magine, she spent her early years at the castle of Tarascon on the River Rhône in southern France and the old royal palace at Capua in Naples.

After three years in the underground dungeons of the Fortress of St Peter and St Paul, he spent another four years in the castle of Shlisselburg.

Richard II's first wife, Anne of Bohemia, spent the winter of 1381 at the castle on her way to be married to the king.

James II of England spent most of the winter months from November 1689 until January 1690 at Kilkenny, residing in the castle.

The Reformed Church of Hungary was established in Hunedoara in 1634 and Imre Thököly, one the leaders of the Protestant anti-Habsburg uprising and later Prince of Transylvania owned the castle and spent much time living in it.

The castle history is mostly related to the Hunyadi family, being the place where John Hunyadi spent his childhood.

He was taken prisoner by the English, and spent the next twenty-four years being moved from one castle to another in England, including Pontefract Castle the castle where England's king Richard II had been imprisoned and died.

Several well-known people live here, including Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, who spent nine years building an architecturally authentic, $ 200 + million Japanese feudal castle and man-made lake in Woodside ; Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore's Law ; John Thompson, CEO of Symantec ; Neil Young, rock musician and songwriter, who owns a ranch and recording studio there ; Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, and her husband David E. Kelley, producer ; Thomas Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems ; Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit, Inc .; John Doerr, venture capitalist ; Dr. Carl Djerassi, novelist and member of team that developed the birth control pill ; Kenneth Fisher, founder of Fisher Investments, Forbes columnist, author, and local historian ; Susan Dawson, philanthropist ; and Joan Baez, folk singer.

The former Emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II, sought refuge in the Netherlands in November 1918 and lived in the castle until May 1920, when he moved to Doorn, where he spent the rest of his life.

Since then several million dollars have been spent rehabilitating and restoring the castle and surrounding structures.

Framlingham was returned to Thomas and the Duke spent his retirement there ; he decorated his table at the castle with gold and silver plate that he had seized from the Scots at Flodden.

Thomas Hardy, who built his house within sight of it, described the castle in a short story, " Ancient Earthworks and What Two Enthusiastic Scientists Found Therein " ( 1885 ) about a local antiquarian who spent much time investigating the site.

Francis Greville commissioned Lancelot Brown to relandscape the castle grounds ; he began working on the grounds and park in 1749 and had completed his work by 1757, having spent about £ 2, 293 (£ as of ).

When work finally ceased around 1330 a total of £ 15, 000 had been spent, a huge sum for the period, but the castle remained incomplete.

This work finally halted in 1330 with the castle still not built to its intended height ; by the end of the project, £ 15, 000 had been spent, a colossal sum for the period.

Thomas Bulkeley, whose family had been been involved in the management of the castle for several centuries, held Beaumaris for the king and may have spent around £ 3, 000 improving its defences.

The castle was essentially complete by the end of 1289, having cost an estimated £ 8, 190, around 10 percent of the £ 80, 000 that Edward spent on castle-building in Wales between 1277 and 1304.

Hugh took part in the Norman Invasion of Ireland and in 1172 was made lord of Meath in Ireland ; he spent much time away from Ludlow, and when he was reconfirmed as Lord of Meath in 1177 Henry II took the castle from him, possibly to ensure that Hugh stay loyal while in Ireland.

Over time, the ill will might have receded, but Northumberland's second son, Lord Egremont, spent the next few years stirring up trouble in Yorkshire – particularly York, situated between the Percy estates of Spofforth and Healaugh, and Neville's castle at Sheriff Hutton.

Although the inheritance of the castle can be traced through the 16th and 17th centuries, there is little to indicate how it was used in this period, or if the family spent much time in it.