Aberdeen Castle was a late Middle Ages fortification,^[1] in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was situated on Castle Hill, a site today known as the Castlegate, where a block of flats are currently located.^[2]. The Castlegate can be found at the very east end of Union Street, the city's main thoroughfare. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one strikes me with impunity) Capital Edinburgh¹ Language(s) Gaelic, Scots Government Monarchy King/Queen  - 843-860 Kenneth I  - 1587–1625 James VI  - 1702-1714 Anne Legislature Parliament of Scotland History  - United 843  - Union of the Crowns March 24, 1603  - Act of Union... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital Winchester, then London from 11th century. ... The history of Scotland in the Late Middle Ages might be said to be dominated by the twin themes of crisis and transition. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... Union Street looking east Looking up Union Street from the Citadel Union Street International Market The Castlegate at the east of Union Street Union Street is the main street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, Scotland. ...

It is thought the castle and fortifications were burned down^[3] by King Robert the Bruce in June 1308, during the Wars of Scottish Independence, when he and his men laid siege to the castle before massacring the English Garrison to prevent its use by Edward the first's English troops. It is said the Scots showed no mercy "slew every man who fell into their hands. Edward I., indeed had already set the example of executing his prisoners, and it was not to be expected that the other side would fail to follow the same course".^[4]On 10 July 1308, English ships left Hartlepool to help the English garrison.^[5] However by August 1308, Gilbert Pecche and the last troops had all been forced out of the city.^[1] Robert I, King of Scots, usually known as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329, reigned 1306 – 1329), was, according to a modern biographer (Geoffrey Barrow), a great hero who lived in a minor country. ... The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between Scotland and England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. ... Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotland. ...

Legend tells that the city's motto, Bon Accord came from the password used to initiate Bruce's final push and destruction of the castle.^[6][7] For other uses, see Bon Accord. ...

History

On the 14th April 1296, the English King, Edward I arrived in Aberdeen and stayed in the castle as part of his tour of the east coast of Scotland having defeated the Scots.^[8]

However the next year after defeating the English at Dunnottar Castle in 1297 William Wallace marched his men to Aberdeen during their campaign to retake the east-coast for the Scots again. Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky outcrop on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles south of Stonehaven. ... Events 8 January - Monaco gains independence. ... For other persons named William Wallace, see William Wallace (disambiguation). ...

They found the English were hastily preparing to leave in an armada of one hundred ships. The speed of Wallace's arrival from Dunottar caught the English unawares and at low tide the stranded ships were attacked in the harbour, the crew and soldiers slaughtered, the cargo taken and the ships burnt.

The English Sheriff of Aberdeen, Sir Henry de Lazom had been left in charge of the Castle, but during the chaos of the attack he defected declaring it in the name of the Scottish King, John de Balliol.^[9][10] King John as depicted in the 1562 Forman Armorial, produced for Mary, Queen of Scots. ...

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