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The 15,000 acre (6,000 hectare) [6] Belvoir estate, situated in the heart of England's fox-hunting terrain is the headquarters of the Belvoir Hunt ("the Duke of Rutland's Hounds" [7]), established in 1750 and now kennelled 0.6 mi (1 km) southeast of the Castle.
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, 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.
The remains of Belvoir Castle Monfort castle. Acre (Akko) – fortified city Aqua Bella, now Ein Hemed – Crusader fortified farm; national park; Arsuf, also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf; national park
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia .
The village is the largest in the Vale of Belvoir and near to Belvoir Castle, home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. It had a population of 3,587 at the 2011 census, [1] estimated in 2018 at 3,382. [2] It borders smaller parishes in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, such as Redmile, Sedgebrook, Orston and Elton on the Hill.
Click on the red or green dot to display a detailed map showing the location of the castle. Green dots represent for the most part castles of which substantial remains survive, red dots represent castles of which only earthworks or vestiges survive, or in a few cases castles of which there are no visible remains.
Belvoir (/ ˈ b iː v ər / ⓘ BEE-vər) is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, close to the county boundary with Lincolnshire. The nearest town is Grantham , 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of the village.