Woodstock Palace
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Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.[1]
Henry I of England built a hunting lodge here and in 1129 he built 7 miles (11 km) of walls to create the first enclosed park, where lions and leopards were kept. The lodge became a palace under Henry's grandson, Henry II, who spent time here with his mistress, Rosamund Clifford.[1]
Important events that took place at the palace include:
- The marriage of William the Lion, king of Scots to Ermengarde de Beaumont in 1186
- The signing of the Treaty of Woodstock between Henry III of England and Llewelyn the Last (1247)[2]
- The birth of Edmund, youngest son of King Edward I of England (1301)
- The birth of Edward, the Black Prince (1330)
- The marriage of Mary Plantagenet, daughter of Edward III of England, to John V, Duke of Brittany (1361)
- Imprisonment of the future Queen Elizabeth I of England (1554–58)[1]
Woodstock Palace was mostly destroyed during the English Civil War, and the remaining stones were later used to build Blenheim Palace nearby.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pipe, Simon (23 October 2007). "Woodstock's lost royal palace". BBC Oxford. Retrieved 29 November 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Davies, John. History of Wales. p. 140.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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