Kenilworth Castle History & Tour / Longest Siege in Medieval England, Many Kings & A Love Story

Kenilworth Castle History & Tour / Longest Siege in Medieval England, Lots of Kings & an Elizabethan Love Story
Discover the history and explore Kenilworth Castle with us. Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire and dates back to the 12th century. It was first founded by Geoffrey De Clinton and developed and extended numerous times. It has had various royal and other major historical figures as its owner and was the subject of a six month long siege in 1266, which is considered to be the longest siege in medieval England. During the War of the Roses it was a key base for the Lancastrians and has been the scene of many important historical events. So much has happened here!
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[@castlesandlegends]

Lots to explore here and plenty of history. It was the perfect place for me to spend my birthday at :)

[@Traveler13]

Oh happy belated one

[@TheWrightLifeTravelChannel]

Chopped off his hands! Talk about shooting the messenger! This was so interesting!

[@castlesandlegends]

Haha yes I would not have wanted to be a medieval postman 😆 A lot of history at Kenilworth over different time periods, fascinating place!

[@jamesbong-007]

Thank you for the tour and history of this magnificent castle!

[@castlesandlegends]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@veronicaroach3667]

Intewrestinbg - you can still see the remnants of what look like lime plaster/paint on those walls, so it's likely the whole place was originally plastered & then had huge rugs on the walls too ? You tend to forget that these places were furnished in their time when you just see them as nothing but ruined walls !

[@castlesandlegends]

Great point! Indeed and as television and films often depict castles with bare walls we often forget this was not normally true, they would normally be covered in plaster and decorated with tapestries

[@Traveler13]

Great video and nicely presented, enjoyed this thanks

[@castlesandlegends]

Thank you. I really enjoyed the long history at Kenilworth

[@openmindedwonderer]

Such a great place, brilliant video

[@castlesandlegends]

Thank you :)

[@edwardbeauchamp308]

lovely place

[@castlesandlegends]

It certainly is and so much history

[@clausion]

Interesting castle and story, but pity of shaking footage, titled in many places.

[@castlesandlegends]

Thanks, glad you found our video informative. Recording outside in windy conditions is very challenging and we have since invested in equipment to overcome the minor tremors.

[@clausion]

@@castlesandlegends I'm glad to hear you're preoccupied by footage quality and you have invested for better image.

[@tygrahof9268]

Nice review, yet it is rather hard to hear you.

[@lizaluk]

Is there any castle which does not have any murder, chopping off history? So does execution, oppression too.

[@castlesandlegends]

I have to admit it is difficult to find one, the days of the "real castles" were pretty brutal times. Country house castles often have a more mellow history although I will keep a look out for a medieval castle with a slightly less gory past.