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The front of Leeds Castle

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Leeds Castle in Winter
Leeds Castle, four miles east south east of Maidstone , Kent , England , dates back to 1119, though a manor house stood on the same site from the 9th century . The castle and grounds lie to the East of the village of Leeds , which should not be confused with the city of Leeds in Yorkshire .

History

In 1278, the castle became a royal palace for King Edward I of England and his queen, Eleanor of Castile . Major improvements were made during his time, including the Barbican, made up of three parts, each with its own entrance, drawbridge, gateway, and portcullis. The medieval keep is called the "Gloriette" in honor of Queen Eleanor.

In 1321 King Edward II besieged the castle after his queen was refused admission, and used ballista s, or springalds, to force its defenders to surrender. In 1395, King Richard II received the French chronicler Jean Froissart there, as Froissart described in his Chronicles .

Henry VIII transformed the castle for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon , and a painting commemorating his meeting with Francis I of France still hangs there. His daughter, Queen Elizabeth I was imprisoned in the castle for a time before her coronation.

The castle escaped destruction during the English Civil War because its owners, the Culpeper family, sided with the Parliamentarians. The last private owner of the castle was Lady Baillie, who bought it in 1926, remodeled the interior, and established the Leeds Castle Foundation. The castle was opened to the public in 1976.

On July 17, 1978, the castle was the site of a meeting between the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan in preparation for the Camp David Accords .

Leeds is the home of the black swans. They were a gift given to Winston Churchill after WWII. He sent them to Leeds to live. Their descendants are still there.

Tourism

This castle and its grounds are now an important leisure destination in the county of Kent. The castle has an aviary , a maze , a grotto , a golf course and what may be the world's only museum of dog collar s. It also plays host to an annual hot air balloon display.

The castle was used as the location for Castle d'Ascoigne in the movie Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949).

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