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4 unusual facts about Ludlow Castle


Jeanne de Fougères, Countess of La Marche and of Angoulême

Jeanne of Lusignan (1260- 13 April 1323), married firstly Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret, by whom she had two daughters; she married secondly Sir Piers de Geneville of Trim and Ludlow, by whom she had another three daughters, including the eldest Joan de Geneville, who in her turn married Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

Ludlow Castle

The king made her marry Pain fitzJohn, and the land was probably a reward for fitzJohn's loyal service.

At the same time, Geoffrey Talbot, de Lacy's ally and Sybil's half brother, took the castle of Hereford and Weobley.

Pain fitzJohn married Hugh de Lacy's niece, Sybil, and through her acquired a good deal of the family's lands.


The Virgin in the Ice

King Stephen had besieged and taken Ludlow Castle in 1139, bestowing it on Josce de Dinan, a man he viewed as loyal to him but with other forces influencing his ambitions.

Josce de Dinan: A middle-aged lord in Ludlow whose allegiance King Stephen strives to maintain, first by giving him the castle there, along with lands once belonging to Lacy.


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