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See also Chepstow and Chepstow Castle. The Marcher lordship of Striguil was established by William fitz Osbern, who started the building of the castle at Chepstow.On his death in 1071, the lordship passed to his son, Roger de Breteuil, but he plotted against King William, was captured and imprisoned, and had his estates forfeited.
Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye , construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern .
The castle was established by William FitzOsbern immediately after the Norman conquest, and was extended in later centuries before becoming ruined after the Civil War. A Benedictine priory was also established within the walled town , which was the centre of the Marcher lordship of Striguil .
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During the Middle Ages, official documents, with few exceptions, were written in Latin; in the Domesday Exchequer annals, written between 1300 and 1304 (that means, over 120 years after Richard's death), he was referred to as "Ricardus cognomento Stranghose Comes Strugulliae", which translates to "Richard, known as Stranghose, earl of Striguil" (modern Chepstow).
In Windsor Castle, a 20-foot Christmas tree was erected in St George's Hall. Windsor Castle's St George's Hall has been decorated with a 20-foot Christmas tree. Royal Collection Enterprises ...
After her brother Gilbert's death, Isabel became one of the wealthiest heiresses in the kingdom, owning besides the titles of Pembroke and Striguil, much land in Wales and Ireland. [1] She also had a hereditary claim on the numerous castles on the inlet of Milford Haven, guarding the St George's Channel, including Pembroke Castle. [1]
Stained glass window in Tewkesbury Abbey depicting Lord Gilbert de Clare.. The Clare family derived in the male line from Gilbert, Count of Brionne, whose father Geoffrey, Count of Eu was an illegitimate son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy by an unknown mistress.