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Fotheringhay Castle

📍 Northamptonshire, England

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Fotheringhay Castle, also known as Fotheringay Castle, was a High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Fotheringhay 3+1⁄2 miles to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire, England. It was probably founded around 1100 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton. In 1113, possession passed to Prince David of Scotland when he married Simon's widow. The castle then descended with the Scottish princes until the early 13th century, when it was confiscated by King John of England.

Founded c.1100 by Simon de Senlis, this Norman motte-and-bailey became a favoured York residence. Richard III was born here in 1452. Most infamously, Mary Queen of Scots was tried and beheaded within its walls in 1587. Dismantled in the 1630s, only the earthworks survive as a Scheduled Monument.