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• Huntingdon Castle
  ...gh his marriage to Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon. He supported Empress Matilda in a battle of succession and the castle was much damaged at this time. Ho
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• Warkworth Castle
  ...ef> During the Anarchy, the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, Stephen needed to ensure security in the north and to this end he signed t
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• Oxford Castle
  [[File:Empress matilda.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The Empress Matilda, who escaped from Oxford Castle]] ...which he placed siege engines, largely for show, and proceeded to wait for Matilda's supplies to run low over the next three months.<ref name=MacKenzieGravett
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• Clun Castle
  ...imants, Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda, William declared for the Empress Maud and in 1138 held [[Shrewsbury Castle]] for four weeks against Stephen.
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• Guildford Castle
  ...ned during the Anarghy, the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, and during the rebellion of Henry II's sons (the revolt of 1173–1174) th
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• Arundel Castle
  ...h throne upon Stephen. The stone apartments constructed to accommodate the Empress and her entourage survive to this day.
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• Beverston Castle
  ...the Anarchy was fought here between the armies of King Stephen and Empress Matilda.<ref>[http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Indexs/EngCounty/Gloucestershire.
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• Wolvesey Castle
  ...Winchester and holding off Empress Matilda's forces until Stephen's wife, Matilda of Boulogne, arrived with reinforcements from London.
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• Pevensey Castle
  ...ke, who switched his allegiance to Stephen's cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda, in 1141. Although Gilbert changed his loyalty back to Stephen the followin ...of the most remarkable places in the neighbourhood|last=Howard|first=Mary Matilda|page=134|publisher=Diplock and Smith|year=1855|oclc=2171080}}</ref> In 1925
  40 KB (6,522 words) - 11:17, 31 January 2016
• St Briavels Castle
  ...ger Fitzmiles continued to hold the castle into the reign of Henry II, the empress' son, but a confrontation with the king resulted in it being removed from t
  31 KB (4,992 words) - 08:33, 21 April 2016
• Christchurch Castle
  ...in de Redvers to resist King Stephen during the civil war with the Empress Matilda in 1147. A great tower was built probably around 1300.
  5 KB (759 words) - 08:40, 21 April 2016
• Castle Rising Castle
  ...en the followers of King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, only ending when Matilda's son, Henry II, finally inherited the kingdom. Despite William having back
  42 KB (6,531 words) - 13:19, 4 May 2016
• Lilleshall Abbey
  ...ting the throne with Stephen, and it was confirmed by the ultimate victor, Matilda’s son King Henry II. The abbey was seen as a royal foundation, notwithst
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• Tiverton Castle
  ...ldwin de Redvers (died 1155), was created 1st Earl of Devon by the Empress Matilda during The Anarchy, probably in early 1141. Mary de Redvers, called "de Ver
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• Lancaster Castle
  ...}}</ref> The treaty which ended the Anarchy in 1153 gave the succession to Matilda's son Henry and required the King of Scotland to relinquish the Honour of L
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• East Harptree
  ...ing Stephen captured it from Sir William de Harptree, a supporter of Queen Matilda's cause in the civil war between the king and queen. The castle was also vi ...gly garrisoned by its owner, William de Harptree, on behalf of the Empress Matilda, but was taken by Stephen by the ruse of a feigned repulse. Now, only a fra
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• Beaudesert
  ...vember 2011.</ref> About the year 1140, Thurstan obtained from the Empress Matilda the right to hold a market on Sundays at his castle of Beaudesert.<ref name
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• Warborough
  ...ginally a chapel of the parish of Benson. There is a record of the Empress Matilda giving the benefice of Benson, including chapels at [[Nettlebed]] and Warbo
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• Eye Castle
  ...il war known as the Anarchy had broken out between Stephen and the Empress Matilda between 1138 and 1154; much of the fighting occurred in East Anglia, where
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• Backwell
  ...dneys. Walter de Rodney was given the manor for his support of the Empress Matilda against King Stephen.<ref name="dunning">{{cite book|last=Dunning|first=Rob
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