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Ruthven Castle may refer to the following places:

  • Huntingtower Castle, in Perth, Scotland, originally called Ruthven Castle but was renamed Huntingtower Castle in 1600.
  • Ruthven Castle, Angus, Scotland.
  • Ruthven Barracks, Ruthven, Badenoch, Scotland, 18th-century military barracks built on the site of a castle called Ruthven.

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Ruthven Castle

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Ruthven Castle may refer to the following places: Huntingtower Castle, in Perth, Scotland, originally called Ruthven Castle but was renamed Huntingtower...

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Huntingtower Castle

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Huntingtower Castle, once known as Ruthven Castle or the Place of Ruthven, is located near the village of Huntingtower beside the A85 and near the A9,...

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Ruthven

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Ruthven may refer to: Ruthven, Aberdeenshire, a village Ruthven, Angus, a village Ruthven Castle, Angus Ruthven, Badenoch, Highland Ruthven Barracks,...

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Raid of Ruthven

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the government. James VI was seized while he was hunting near the castle of Ruthven in Perthshire on 22 (or 23) August. Some sources, including the letters...

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Clan Ruthven

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The Clan Ruthven (/ˈrɪvən/) is a Lowland Scottish clan. The Ruthven lands in Perthshire, Scotland take their name from the Scottish Gaelic, Ruadhainn which...

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Clan Cumming

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who acquired the lordship of Badenoch. The seat of power was Ruthven Castle. Ruthven Castle commanded the northern end of two passes over the Mounth, the...

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Ruthven Barracks

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Scotland. The first castle at Ruthven was demolished in 1451 by John of Islay, Earl of Ross. It was replaced with a second castle, completed in 1459....

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1582

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Gowrie imprisons the King at Ruthven Castle as part of a coup d'etat to reform the Scottish government. September 28 – Ruthven and his co-conspirators arrange...

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Barbara Ruthven

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Barbara Ruthven (died 1625) was a Scottish courtier and favourite of Anne of Denmark, expelled from court after the death of her brother. Barbara Ruthven was...

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Dirleton Castle

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the Ruthvens in 1505. The Ruthvens were involved in several plots against Mary, Queen of Scots, and King James VI, and eventually forfeited the castle in...

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James VI and I

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as the Ruthven Raid, the Protestant earls William Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie and Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus lured James into Ruthven Castle, imprisoned...

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Clan Macpherson

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Catholic forces under the Earl of Huntly, Argyll had laid siege to Ruthven Castle which was well defended by the Clan Macpherson who were vassals of Huntly's...

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Scone Abbey

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granted to Lord Ruthven, who later became the Earl of Gowrie. Lord Ruthven held extensive estates in Scotland including Ruthven Castle near Perth, now...

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Personal relationships of James VI and I

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Scottish nobles plotted to oust Lennox.They did so by luring James to Ruthven Castle as a guest but then kept him as prisoner for ten months. The Lord Enterprisers...

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Clan Murray

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century. The castle was originally held by the Clan Ruthven and was known as Ruthven Castle, but the property was forfeited and the Ruthven name was proscribed...

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Castles in Scotland

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Dumbarton and Stirling, along with Dunstaffnage, Dunollie, Blackness and Ruthven Castle, continued in use as practical fortifications. Tower houses were being...

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Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

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and barracks, but the royal castles of Edinburgh, Dumbarton and Stirling, along with Dunstaffnage, Dunollie and Ruthven Castle, also continued in use as...

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Lea Castle

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prisoner in Lea Castle for several months, until Parliament secured his release. O'Conor 1999, p. 186. Dempsey 2016, p. 238. Otway-Ruthven 1993, p. 211....

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Kingussie

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of the River Spey. The Hanoverian Barracks were built on the site of Ruthven Castle, the seat of the Comyns, Lords of Badenoch in the Middle Ages. According...

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Clan MacDowall

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Raid of Ruthven when the Earl of Gowrie and other Protestant nobles kidnapped the young James VI of Scotland in 1582 and held him at Ruthven Castle and later...

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