Kenilworth remained an important Lancastrian stronghold for the rest of the war, often acting as a military balance to the nearby castle of Warwick.

The castle remained in royal hands until it was given to John Dudley in 1553.

During her son's prolonged military campaigns, she remained in charge of Kiev, residing in the castle of Vyshgorod together with her grandsons.

It was the capital of France at the time of Louis XI, who had settled in the castle of Montils ( today the castle of Plessis in La Riche, western suburbs of Tours ), Tours and Touraine remained until the 16th century a permanent residence of the kings and court.

Although William returned to York and built another castle, Edgar remained free and in the autumn joined up with King Sweyn of Denmark.

The Roman castle remained standing until the 7th century.

If Knox did not leave, he could stay in Edinburgh, but only if he remained captive in the castle.

Constant feuding with the nobility of Brandenburg led Frederick to withdraw to his castle at Cadolzburg in 1425 and transfer the regency of the margravate to his son John in 1426 ( Frederick, however, remained elector ).

The castle remained a key Parisian fortress, but was successfully seized by the Burgundians in 1464, when they convinced royal troops to surrender: once taken, this allowed their faction to make a surprise attack into Paris, almost resulting in the capture of the king.

Bussy-Leclerc remained in control of the Bastille until December 1592, when, following further political instability, he was forced to surrender the castle to Charles and flee the city.

The Jacobite army, under Charles Edward Stuart (" Bonnie Prince Charlie ") captured Edinburgh without a fight in September 1745, but the castle remained in the hands of the ageing Deputy Governor, General George Preston, who refused to surrender.

In 1905, responsibility for the castle was transferred from the War Office to the Office of Works, although the garrison remained until 1923, when the troops moved to Redford Barracks in south-west Edinburgh.

Diane de Poitiers was the unquestioned mistress of the castle, but ownership remained with the crown until 1555, when years of delicate legal maneuvers finally yielded possession to her.

After Richard's death at Bosworth in 1485 the castle remained in royal hands until the reign of James I, when it was sold.

When Henry died, the castle remained in the possession of Richard I (" the Lionheart "), who offered it to the Aubigny family line under William III comte de Sussex.

Although the castle remained in the hands of the Howard family over the succeeding centuries, it was not their favourite residence, and the various Dukes of Norfolk invested their time and energy into improving other ducal estates, including Norfolk House in London and Worksop.

Constructions on the castle finished in 1413 and it remained standing until it was demolished in 1741 after it had fallen into decline.

Since then, the castle has remained in the ownership of the Crown.

The Royalists unsuccessfully tried to recapture Lancaster in April and again in June ; the town and castle remained under Parliament's control until the end of the war.

During the Irish War of Independence Dublin Castle remained the centre of the British administration, military and intelligence operations in Ireland until the transfer of power and the castle to the Irish Free State in 1922.

The castle gate behind the drawbridge is the only access to the Castle, and it has remained exactly as it was throughout the centuries.

Tattershall castle was recovered in 1560 by Sir Henry Sidney, who sold it to Lord Clinton, later Earl of Lincoln, and it remained with the Earls of Lincoln until 1693.

Castles mentioned within the story include Ashby de la Zouch Castle ( now a ruin in the care of English Heritage ), York ( though the mention of Clifford's Tower, likewise a still standing English Heritage property, is anachronistic, it not having been called that until later after various rebuilds ) and ' Coningsburgh ', which is based upon Conisbrough Castle, in the ancient town of Conisbrough near Doncaster ( the castle also being a popular English Heritage site ).

In 1958 his son gave the castle itself to the town of Kenilworth and English Heritage has managed the property since 1984.

In 2006 Chris Naylor was married in the castle, following which the Naylor family bought the property.

The Lancastrian forces captured Ludlow in 1459, but at the end of the conflict in 1461 the castle became property of the Crown and passed to Richard's son, Edward IV.

The other two thirds of the castle belong to a knight named Martin Jäger, but Oswald did not respect the property situation, occupying the entire castle and appropriating Jägers share of the tithe.

In 1278, the castle became the property of King Edward I.

The Bridports continued to live in the castle until 1982 when the current Viscount sold the property to the province of Catania.

Pierre d ' Amboise unsuccessfully rebelled against King Louis XI and his property was confiscated, and the castle was dismantled on royal order in 1465.

It is thus a palatial great house or in some cases an updated castle, located in the British Isles, mostly built between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property ( after the Dissolution of the Monasteries ).

In the 18th century the castle became the property of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, who became through his Herbert wife a major landowner in the area, and whose heirs developed the docks that transformed Cardiff from a fishing village to a major coal exporting port during the 19th century.

Being property of the archbishop of Köln ( Cologne ), Gendringen was loaned to the lords living in the castle of's-Heerenberg.

The castle of Heusden was the property of successive dukes of Brabant, in 1357 it went over to the counts of Holland.

Over the centuries the castle fell into decay, but in 1889 it became property of the crown and was restored to be used as a courthouse, which function it served until 1934.

The twenty-year owner of the property had initially intended to remodel the exterior of the building with a castle motif.

The castle was sold to the Raben-Levetzau family in 1725, who owned the property until 1995 when it was sold privately.

Robert moved his large family between Villa Pianore ( a large property located between Pietrasanta and Viareggio ) and his castle in Schwarzau in lower Austria.

In this case the castle was inherited by Edward and became Crown property when he ascended to the throne.

Over the next few generations, the property changed hands several time, until 1520 when King Francis I arranged for construction of a new castle on the site.

* The Cockerill castle used to be the summer residence of the prince-bishops of Liège, then a hospital under Napoleon, a powder magazine, and the personal property of William I of the Netherlands, who ceded it to the Cockerill family in 1817.

In 1969 the castle was transferred to the Welsh Office and then to Cadw, who manage the property in the 21st century as a tourist attraction.

In 1213 Walter de Lacy wrote to John asking to return to England, and by 1214 his property in England and Wales ( which had been under the control of Engelard de Cigogné ) except for the borough and castle of Ludlow had been returned to him.

His property was sequestered, and he was imprisoned in the castle from February 1637 until May 1639, and afterwards in his own house until August, the great seal being transferred to commissioners.