Bolingbroke Castle

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Bolingbroke Castle is a medieval fortification in Lincolnshire, England, best known as the birthplace and ancestral seat of King Henry IV.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bolingbroke Castle canonical 4
Bolingbroke Castle (Lincolnshire) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval castle
ruined castle
ancestralSeatOf House of Lancaster
besiegedIn 1643
birthPlaceOf King Henry IV of England
surface form: Henry IV of England
builtFor Ranulf de Blondeville
surface form: Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester
constructionEnd 1230
constructionStart 1220
controlledBy English Heritage
country England
damagedDuring English Civil War
excavatedBy Ministry of Works
excavatedIn 1960s
gridReference TF 349 649
hasCondition ruin
hasFeature chamber block
curtain wall
gatehouse
hall block
inner bailey
kitchen range
moat
outer bailey
round towers
hasRemains earthworks
moat earthworks
stone foundations
tower bases
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Scheduled monument
locatedIn East Midlands
Lincolnshire
Old Bolingbroke
United Kingdom
managedBy English Heritage
materialUsed limestone
local greenstone
namedAfter Old Bolingbroke
surface form: Bolingbroke
nearbySettlement Spilsby
openToPublic true
ownedBy Crown of England
partiallyDemolishedIn 1640s
region Borough of East Lindsey
surface form: East Lindsey
significantEvent English Civil War
surface form: First English Civil War

birth of Henry IV of England
touristAttraction true
usedUntil 17th century

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Henry IV of England birthPlace Bolingbroke Castle
subject surface form: Henry IV of England
Blanche of Lancaster birthPlace Bolingbroke Castle
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester birthPlace Bolingbroke Castle
Ranulf de Blondeville built Bolingbroke Castle
this entity surface form: Bolingbroke Castle (Lincolnshire)