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Lochleven Castle is a
ruined castle on an
island in Loch Leven, in the
Perth and
Kinross local authority area of Scotland.
Possibly built around 1300...
- a
freshwater loch in
Perth and
Kinross Lochleven Castle, a
fortress on the loch
William Douglas of
Lochleven,
later the 6th Earl of
Morton Loch Leven...
- 6th Earl of
Morton (c. 1540 – 1606) was the son of
Robert Douglas of
Lochleven and
Margaret Erskine, a
former mistress of
James V of Scotland. William...
- Sir
Robert Douglas of
Lochleven (died 1547) was a
Scottish courtier and landowner. The son of
Thomas Douglas,
younger of
Lochleven, and
Elizabeth Boyd,...
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There are
seven islands on the loch, the
largest being St Serf's Inch.
Lochleven Castle,
where Mary,
Queen of
Scots was
imprisoned in 1567, lies on one...
- Mary.
Following an
uprising against the couple, Mary was
imprisoned in
Lochleven Castle. On 24 July 1567, she was
forced to
abdicate in
favour of her one-year-old...
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Sholto Douglas Earl of
Morton 1774–1827 Succeeded by
George Douglas Peerage of
Great Britain New
creation Baron Douglas of
Lochleven 1791–1827 Extinct...
- falsely.
These events led
rapidly to Mary's
defeat and
imprisonment in
Lochleven Castle. The
Scottish lords forced her to
abdicate in
favour of her one-year-old...
- the Lyon family,
Euphemia Douglas,
daughter of Sir
William Douglas of
Lochleven, Earl of
Morton and
Agnes Leslie. She
married the
Master of
Glamis in...
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grant of arms from Lord Lyon King of Arms on 18 May 1927. The arms
depict Lochleven Castle. The
motto adopted was "for all time": at the time of the grant...
