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Place · 1060s CE

Leicester Castle

Also known as

Caisleán Leicester
Castell Caerlŷr
Castell de Leicester
Castelo de Leicester
Castelo de Leicester
Castillo de Leicester

archival plate · Leicester Castle · placeholder

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

place of death ofConstance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster1354 CE
place of death ofHenry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster1310 CE
place of death ofJohn of Gaunt1340 CE

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Leicester Castle · Alexandria