The Castle With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Loch Leven Kinross Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the castle on an island in Loch Leven on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Kinross, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Mary Queen of Scots escaped from the Lochleven Castle in a boat rowed by a castle page boy and she was met on the shore by loyal supporters who escorted her to safety. Many royals were guests, as opposed to prisoners, at Lochleven Castle, including King Robert Bruce. The tower house where Mary was held is one of Scotland’s oldest, built in the 1300s. It was here that she suffered a miscarriage and was forced to abdicate in favour of her son, King James VI. A castle may have been built on Castle Island as early as 1257, when King Alexander III of Scotland, then 16 years old, was forcibly brought there by his regents. During the First War of Scottish Independence between 1296 and 1328, the invading English army held the castle, then named Lochleven Castle; it lies at a strategically important position between the towns of Edinburgh, Stirling and Perth. Part of the present fortification, the curtain wall, may date from this time period and may have been built by the occupying English. The castle was captured by the Scots before the end of the 13th century, possibly by the forces of William Wallace. English forces laid siege to Lochleven in 1301, but the garrison was relieved in the same year when the siege was broken by Sir John Comyn. King Robert the Bruce, king of scots, who reigned from 1306 to 1329 is known to have visited the castle in 1313 and again in 1323. Following Bruce's death, the English invaded again, and in 1335 laid siege to Lochleven Castle in support of the pretender Edward Balliol who died in 1364. On a previous visit, as a guest, Mary had had one of her long religious debates with Protestant reformer John Knox here. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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