Explore the historic highlights of Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
1023/1254
Utrecht, Netherlands
1279
Utrecht, Netherlands
1039-1048
Utrecht, Netherlands
12th century
Utrecht, Netherlands
c. 1040
Utrecht, Netherlands
1879
Utrecht, Netherlands
13th century
Utrecht, Netherlands
1248-1259
Utrecht, Netherlands
1867-1870
Utrecht, Netherlands
1924
Utrecht, Netherlands
1868-1875
Utrecht, Netherlands
1869-1870
Utrecht, Netherlands
1867-1871
Utrecht, Netherlands
1822-1828
Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence, before being rebuilt in its present form in the late 14th century by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), the son of King Robert II of Scots, and Regent of Scotland from 1388 until his death. Duke Robert"s stronghold has survived relatively unchanged and complete, and the whole castle was traditionally thought of as the result of a single period of construction at this time. The castle passed to the crown in 1425, when Albany"s son was executed, and was used as a royal hunting lodge and dower house.
In the later 16th century, Doune became the property of the Earls of Moray. The castle saw military action during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Glencairn"s rising in the mid-17th century, and during the Jacobite risings of the late 17th century and 18th century.