Amsterdam, Netherlands
1898-1900
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1896-1903
Amsterdam, Netherlands
17th century
Leiden, Netherlands
1655
Maastricht, Netherlands
1280-1298
Breda, Netherlands
1267
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
1740
Valkenburg, Netherlands
1115
Utrecht, Netherlands
1924
Franeker, Netherlands
1774-1781
Lemmer, Netherlands
1920
Veenhuizen, Netherlands
1823
Santpoort-Zuid, Netherlands
13th century
Wageningen, Netherlands
1500-1526
Bolsward, Netherlands
1281
Haarlem, Netherlands
13th century
Sassenheim, Netherlands
13th century
Batenburg, Netherlands
c. 1300
Heusden, Netherlands
13th century
Amersfoort, Netherlands
1941
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.