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Belvoir Castle (/ ˈ b iː v ər / ⓘ BEE-vər) [1] is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6 mi (10 km) west of the town of Grantham and 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Melton Mowbray.
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, [1] also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa ( Arabic : كوكب الهوا , lit. 'Star of the Wind'), is a Crusader castle in northern Israel , on a hill on the eastern edge of the Issachar Plateau , on the edge of Lower Galilee 20 ...
Belvoir Castle (Israel), a Crusader (Hospitaller) castle in the Jordan Valley Battle of Belvoir Castle, a military campaign involving that castle; Belveer/Beauverium, a Crusader castle near Jerusalem: see Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
The parish includes the villages of Belvoir, Knipton and Harston.Nearby places outside the parish are Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Redmile, and Croxton Kerrial.. The village is the site of Belvoir Castle, which "stands on a prominent spur jutting northwards" into the Vale of Belvoir.
The siege began in December 1187; the place was defended by well-supplied, tough survivors from earlier sieges. [2] Saladin, who was preoccupied with the Siege of Tyre, sent his general, Saif al-Din Mahmud, to occupy a position near the castle, but the garrison intercepted two Muslim caravans, one laden with booty taken by Saladin.
Joan, Margaret and Philippa Flower were "known to be herbal healers" and came from a local family that "had fallen on hard times". [2] They accepted employment as servants with Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland and his wife Cecily at Belvoir Castle near Grantham, Lincolnshire, when additional staff were needed for an upcoming visit by King James I [2] but the sisters, and their mother, were ...
Belvoir Castle, which occupies a dominant position overlooking the vale, is the ancestral home of the family of the Dukes of Rutland. The castle saw significant damage in both the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil War and has consequently been rebuilt a number of times in its history.
Belvoir Castle is a Crusader castle located at Northern District. [2] Cafarlet is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Belvoir Castle; Château Pèlerin is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the modern Israeli town of Atlit