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• Gloucestershire
  ...garrisoned on her behalf. Beverston Castle was also a site of the Stephen Matilda conflict.
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• Renfrewshire
  ...war between the Empress Matilda and Stephen, in which Walter had supported Matilda,<ref>Ritchie, R. L. Graeme, ''The Normans in Scotland'', Edinburgh Universi
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• Whittington Castle
  ...fortified as a castle for William Peverel, in 1138, in support of Empress Matilda, the daughter of Henry I against the usurper King Stephen, Henry's nephew,
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• Henley-in-Arden
  ...otte and bailey castle, on the hill above Beaudesert. In 1140, the Empress Matilda granted the right to hold a market at the castle and Henley soon became a p
  11 KB (1,705 words) - 22:49, 9 February 2011
• Christchurch
  ...in de Redvers to resist King Stephen during the civil war with the Empress Matilda.
  29 KB (4,437 words) - 09:29, 30 March 2017
• Wallingford
  ...soon after the Conquest and became a key strategic centre for the Empress Matilda's party during the civil war that began after the death of her father Henry
  11 KB (1,653 words) - 13:14, 19 October 2020
• Lincoln
  ...ln was the site of a battle between King Stephen and the forces of Empress Matilda, lead by her illegitimate halfbrother Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. After
  23 KB (3,588 words) - 11:29, 30 July 2018
• Lambourn
  ...en of Blois: King Stephen.<ref>pp123-124, Marjorie Chibnall, ''The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English'', Wiley-Blackwell, 19
  28 KB (4,418 words) - 18:28, 4 December 2019
• Purley on Thames
  ...ved it was burnt down in 1135 in the reign of King Stephen and the Empress Matilda and replaced by a Norman church around 1150. The new church was built on an
  6 KB (1,037 words) - 13:27, 27 July 2016
• Worcester
  ...1151) during "The Anarchy", the civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I.
  15 KB (2,460 words) - 15:05, 30 March 2016
• Northallerton
  ...ttles in the "the Anarchy", the civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda.<ref name="battle">{{cite web|url=http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource King David had entered England in support of his niece, Empress Matilda, who had been named heir to the English throne by her father, King Henry I,
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• Castle Mill Stream
  ...s. She was dressed in a white dress that camouflaged her against the snow. Matilda crept through the enemy lines and across the Castle Mill Stream to escape t
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• Malmesbury
  ...tury civil war between Stephen, King of England and his cousin the Empress Matilda was ended here. The succession agreement between Stephen and Henry of Anjo
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• Warwick Castle
  ...to the Earls of Warwick as they had been supporters of his mother, Empress Matilda, in The Anarchy of 1135–54.<ref>{{harvnb|Davis|1903|p=639}}</ref>
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• Dunster Castle
  ...essfully held the castle and was made the Earl of Somerset by the grateful Empress. Chroniclers subsequently complained of the way in which he subsequently ra
  24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:42, 9 August 2015
• Boarstall
  ...[[Oakley, Buckinghamshire|Oakley]], and its tithes were granted by Empress Matilda to St Frideswide's monastery in Oxford. The parish of Boarstall was formed
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• Tower of London
  ...ef> When he tried the same ploy again, this time holding secret talks with Matilda, Stephen had him arrested, forced him to cede control of his castles, and r
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• Bedford Castle
  ...the Empress Matilda, resulting in a period of chaos known as the Anarchy. Matilda's uncle, David I of Scotland, invaded England during 1137 in support of her Miles subsequently supported the Empress, and in 1146, Ranulf, the Earl of Chester and temporarily on the side of th
  21 KB (3,286 words) - 22:34, 18 April 2014
• Brightwell Castle
  ...ere at nearby [[Wallingford Castle]]. In 1153 the castle was destroyed by Matilda's son, who later became King Henry II.
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• Hedingham Castle
  ...141, his son and heir Aubrey de Vere III was granted an earldom by Empress Matilda. By that time he had been Count of Guines for several years by right of his Matilda of Boulogne, wife of King Stephen, died at Castle Hedingham on May 3, 1152.
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