Leeds castle By AndreaOAste 1119 Built by Robert de Crevecoeur 1278 Royal palace for Edward I and Eleanor of Castile 1280 The barbican and the Gloriette were added 1318 Edward II gave Leeds Castle to Bartholomew Badlesmere 1321 King Edward II sent an army to besiege the castle after treason from Margaret Badlesmere and her husbandon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Clare,_Baroness_Badlesmere 1403 King Henry IV granted the castle to his second wife, Queen Joan of Navarre 1419 Joan of Navarre was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned in the castle 1517 Henry VIII started major works in the castle after it being in disarray for his wife, Catherine of Aragon https://leeds-castle.com/news/did-henry-viii-stay-at-leeds-castle-en-route-to-the-most-spectacular-event-of-the-century-in-1520/ 1522 The castle was granted to Sir Anthony St. Leger of Ulcombe, ending the royal connection with the castle 1660 The owner Lord John Culpepper leases the castle to use as a prison for French and Dutch prisoners 1773 A fire started by the Dutch prisoners of war damages most of the castle 1926 Bought by Lady Olive Baillie, who restored the run-down castle into a stately home https://leeds-castle.com/her-castle/lady-baillies-story/ 1940 The castle served as an emergency hospital during World War II
