Pontefract Castle

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Pontefract Castle is een kasteelruïne in de stad Pontefract, in het district Wakefield, West Yorkshire in Engeland. In dit kasteel stierf koning Richard II na zijn afzetting, en later was de burcht het toneel van een reeks beroemde belegeringen tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog.

In 1536 werd Pontefract Castle aan de leiders van de Pilgrimage of Grace overgegeven. De Pilgrimage of Grace was een katholieke rebellie tegen de regering van koning Hendrik VIII met wortels in het noorden van Engeland. De koning nam dit de commandant van het kasteel, Thomas Darcy, 1e baron Darcy niet in dank af. Lord Darcy werd later voor deze vermeende "overgave", die door koning Hendrik VIII als een daad van verraad werd gezien, geëxecuteerd.

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Address: Wakefield, United Kingdom

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