Eleanor of Naples ( Leonora or Eleonora of Aragon ; 22 June 1450 – 11 October 1493) was Duchess of Ferrara by marriage to Ercole I d'Este . She was the first duchess of Ferrara, and mother of many famous Renaissance figures. She was a well known political figure, and served as regent of Ferrara during the absence of her spouse.
74-645: Falkland Palace , in Falkland, Fife , Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish Kings . It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots , who took refuge there from political and religious turmoil of her times. Today it is under the stewardship of Ninian Stuart , who delegates most of his duties to the National Trust for Scotland . The Chapel Royal in the Palace is dedicated to Thomas
148-576: A Privy Council meeting because the palace and town were too small for the number of expected attendees. He wrote, "they will be a great company of folks and can not be easily lodged in Falkland". Regent Arran's daughter, Anne Hamilton , joined Mary of Guise at Falkland in June 1553. Nearby Myres Castle was the home of the Royal Macers and Sergeants at Arms who served Falkland Castle since at least
222-495: A "long conference" with Anne at Falkland, hoping to heal the quarrel. It was said that James were Anne were now "being so lovingly together at Falkland". Anne was joined at Falkland by her friend and servant Margaret Vinstarr . She had returned from visiting the queen's mother, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow , whose message to her daughter was that she ought to obey her husband's will in all things. On 12 August 1597, James VI and his Privy Council gathered at Falkland Palace during
296-606: A Royal Tennis Court in the garden in 1541. The tennis court survives to this day and is the oldest in Britain. Mary, Queen of Scots , became especially fond of the game. She was said to have scandalised the people of Scotland by wearing men's breeches to play the game. Amidst the building works and renovations, the Scotland court regularly went to Falkland, and in December 1538 and 1540 new velvet and satin gowns were packed in
370-534: A canvas bag and sent to Falkland as gifts for the Queen's ladies in waiting. In February 1539 one of Mary of Guise's French courtiers, Marie Pieris , married Lord Seton by handfasting . The French apothecary was also at Falkland on that day. James V held a tournament at Falkland on or around May Day 1539. Mary of Guise spent time embroidering her husband's shirts at Falkland with gold thread in October 1539, and
444-663: A charter of the queen's lands and, as a traditional symbol of ownership, the Danish Admiral Peder Munk was given a handful of earth and stone. After this ceremony, they rode to the Newhouse of Lochleven Castle . The following year, another Danish ambassador Paul Knibbe came to Falkland in July 1591. He brought a Danish gentlewoman, probably Margaret Vinstarr , to join the Queen's household. Around this time an African servant of Anne of Denmark , known only as "
518-480: A cipher was found in his possession. The English border reiver Richie Graham of Brackenhill and his companions sacked the town of Falkland, taking horses, clothing, and money. It was said that Bothwell had given a pep talk to his supporters, encouraging them to kill Sir John Carmichael , Sir George Home , and Roger Aston . A month later it was said that Bothwell was advancing towards Falkland again from Stirling Bridge, and some of his men had landed in boats at
592-412: A creek near Aberdour Castle . The king was forewarned by Harry Lindsay and prepared for another fight. The Earl of Argyll rode from his wedding party at Dalkeith Palace to help the king. Men in arms were summoned from Edinburgh, Haddington and Linlithgow to fight the rebel earl. However, Robert Bowes was told it was a deliberate false alarm, possibly intended to make the king move from Falkland to
666-417: A door leads out to the garden and pele at the foot of what may have been the queen consort's tower under the oriel windows of the royal chambers. Mary of Guelders is said to have had a garden walk made between two oak trees, known as "Queen's Quarrels", a name suggestive of the practice of archery, a "quarrel" being a name for a crossbow bolt . Another walk was called the "Gilderland". The hay meadow of Falkland
740-412: A favourite residence. The stables and other buildings in the close were repaired and a new kitchen was built for the visits of the royal couple in 1453. Linseed, cabbage seed, onion, leek, and other seeds were bought for the garden. As a widow, Mary of Guelders employed her stewards Henry Kinghorn and William Blair to supervise improvements at Falkland Palace in 1461–2. The works included a stairway from
814-566: A horse to join in the hunting. James stayed in the palace during the plague in July 1585. For fear of infection, he ordered people with no business in Falkland or at court to stay away. His guests in Fife in the summer of 1585 included the English ambassador Edward Wotton and three Danish envoys who came to discuss the Orkney and Shetland islands and the king's marriage. In August 1586, James VI
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#1732791487559888-527: A less secure location. Bothwell also attempted to corner the King in Holyroodhouse . The royal couple returned to Falkland in 1593, enjoying five tuns of wine which were shipped to nearby Levenmouth . At this time, James Beaton of Creich was keeper of the palace. Robert Arnot of Kilquhus, Chamberlain of Fife, looked after the park and the meadow, and took receipt of local produce including the onions from
962-496: A long vanished fountain at Falkland. James V died at Falkland Palace in December 1542, from an illness induced by the shock and grief of his army's defeat at Solway Moss . Some say he also grieved his wife's failure to give him a male heir, when she instead gave birth to the future Mary, Queen of Scots . His body lay in the Chapel Royal for almost a month and the chapel was draped in black. On 4 January 1543 messengers ordered
1036-528: A new cloak of scarlet cloth edged with crimson velvet. The goldsmith John Mosman made a gilt chalice for the couple's short-lived son Prince James , born 1540. In July 1541 they sent the chalice to Falkland to be used in the palace chapel. In the same month wild boar from France arrived. The Laird of Fernie built a new park dyke and a timber-fenced run for the boar. The wild boar came from Elbeuf near Rouen , and Mary of Guise's younger brother René II de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf later became an enthusiast for
1110-484: A young age, Alfonso viewed marriage as merely a painful duty, viewing his new bride Lucrezia with little interest. With her entrance as a political figure, governing in her husband's place, she was a great influence to many. She was the inspiration for works such as Antonio Cornazzano's Del modo di regere et di regnare , in which he dedicated to her. This is not the only book that Eleanor had dedicated to her. Da Ladibus Mulierum (In Praise of Women) by Bartolomeo Goggio
1184-442: Is known of her childhood or early life growing up as the first princess of Naples but she was betrothed to Sforza Maria Sforza, duke of Bari, son of Francesco Sforza I at the age of five. In 1465 she was married by proxy to Sforza Maria but because of his father's death and his brother Galeazzo's succession and subsequent refusal to honour the marriage settlements, the marriage was never consummated. Her father, after trying to break
1258-616: Is regularly mentioned in the royal accounts, as are onions, because the palace gardener's pay was based on four barrels of onions. James III and Margaret of Denmark came to Falkland in September 1473. The court of the Exchequer met at Falkland annually to complete the accounts of the jointure lands of James's mother, Mary of Guelders. She may have intended to make Falkland Palace her residence and spiritual retreat in widowhood. Between 1497 and 1541 James IV and James V transformed
1332-711: Is the Scottish Gaelic lann (enclosure) or possibly its Pictish cognate, but the exact etymology is unclear. The first element could be the Gaelic falach (hidden), failc (wash), or falc (heavy rain). The later folk etymologies of "falcon land" and "folkland" are not plausible. In the Middle Ages, the name Falkland applied only to the Castle; the burgh and parish were known as Kilgour, which may mean "church/cell of Gabrán". The lands of Kilgour existed in
1406-578: The Duke of Sully , came in July 1599. The English diplomat Sir William Bowes was reluctant to come to Falkland, where James VI might show more favour to the French ambassador. Béthune fell ill, needing a surgeon and a physician to bleed him. It was rumoured he had been poisoned. He recovered and went on a progress with the king to Inchmurrin and Hamilton Palace , after James VI wrote to the Laird of Wemyss for
1480-645: The Earl of Mar . This did not suit the queen. Courtiers took sides as the quarrel deepened. In August 1595 James persuaded Anne, who was now reluctant to leave Edinburgh, to come to Falkland and meet the Earl of Mar for a reconciliation. The kirk minister and royal chaplain Patrick Galloway gave a sermon about Adam and Eve and the duties of man and wife to each other, and it was thought that "she gave good ear to his advice". Another church minister David Lindsay , had
1554-451: The Forth at Queensferry on 27 June with 400 men. The Earl of Erroll and Colonel William Houston were at Falkland and they were arrested on suspicion of being inside-men. Bothwell's men attempted to batter down the back gate but were repulsed by gunshots before midnight on 27 June. The king withdrew to the gatehouse tower and his guard shot at Bothwell's men. According to James Melville
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#17327914875591628-622: The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 to issue a general proclamation revoking some of the commissions of justiciary against suspected witches . The proclamation came after the contentious commissions based on the evidence of accused witch, Margaret Aitken , who claimed she could detect other witches just by looking at their eyes. With this proclamation, the Order of Council restored duties to James VI which had been delegated as general commissions in 1591, giving local landowners
1702-547: The Lomond Hill Runners . Falkland Trail Runners organise the Falkland Hill trail race in conjunction with the annual village gala. Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara Born 22 June 1450, Eleanor was the daughter King Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Clermont . Born into wealth, she was the first daughter, and second child, born into her family of six brothers and sisters. Not much
1776-425: The boar hunt with dogs and toiles, known as le vautrait . James V kept a kind of menagerie at Falkland, employing Thomas Melville's wife to look after the pets. An inventory recorded a green velvet bed in the wardrobe at Falkland Palace with velvet covered posts, packed in coffers and travel bags called "sowmes". Robert Murray, the plumber who maintained the fountain at Linlithgow Palace , provided lead work for
1850-427: The "Pillars of Hercules" on the way to Kilgour. About thirty years later, a replacement church was built in Falkland town by the master mason John Mylne and his son. The site of the old church at Kilgour has been absorbed into a farm. Despite being granted royal burgh status in 1458, Falkland had developed as a medieval settlement dependent on Falkland Castle and Falkland Palace. Thus it did not function in
1924-429: The 16th century. John Scrimgeour of Myres supervised building at the Palace from 1532 to 1563. He wrote to Mary of Guise about repairs to Falkland and its lead roofs, delayed by the frosts, and the carts he needed to bring stones to the palace and timber from the harbour at Levenmouth . In May 1559 Scrimgeour repaired the stables and hired Adam Symmers to fix the palace windows. He also designed new ditches and fences for
1998-486: The 19th century the village and palace were neglected. In the late 19th century extensive rebuilding and restoration work began. Today the palace and gardens are open to the public through the National Trust for Scotland . Falkland contains a number of Listed buildings , including five at Category A: Other features of the village include an old horse market, also including the Falkland Cricket Club, and
2072-525: The Apostle . It is open to the public and reserved for Roman Catholic worship . In the late 12th century, a royal hunting lodge was located on this site. The lodge was expanded in the 13th century to operate as a castle, owned by the Earls of Fife of the noted Clan MacDuff . The castle was built here because the site is on a slight hill that could be defended. The surrounding land eventually were developed as
2146-528: The Church, is being put to such uses,” she wrote in astonishment in her letter. This has been suspected to be a political power play by the Borgias, and by their Riario and della Rovere political rivals, in attempt of gaining favor with royalty and gaining more political power. Despite her husband's ill temper, Eleanor was said to have been an active and dedicated spouse. She ruled in her husband's stead when he
2220-747: The English ambassador Robert Bowes went to Barnard Castle , Raby Castle and Brancepeth Castle with the English-born royal huntsman Cuthbert Rayne to catch deer for James VI and managed to catch only six, which he shipped from Sunderland to Kirkcaldy. In April 1597, the carpenter and "master wright" James Murray was in charge of transporting 28 English deer from Leith to Falkland. Robin the Hunter kept hounds for James at Falkland. Anne of Denmark sent deer hounds as gifts to her brother, Christian IV of Denmark . Another Danish commission including Steen Bille and Niels Krag visited in 1593, which resulted in
2294-932: The Falkland Golf Club. One of the country's leading environmental festivals, The Big Tent, was held for several years up to 2012 in the grounds of Falkland Estate in July. Organised by the Falkland Centre for Stewardship, the 2012 festival was headlined by the Proclaimers and the 2010 event by Rosanne Cash . Since 2016 the main event of the year has been the Craft Symposium. The 2018 Symposium, held in August, celebrates traditional crafts and craftsmanship through talks, discussions, workshops, demonstrations, networking and site tours. The Falkland Library and Falkland Community Hall are run on behalf of
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2368-405: The Falkland area prior to the 12th century. But, the erection of Falkland Castle some time after 1160 was the crucial factor in the development of the medieval village, with workers and artisans. When King Malcolm donated the royal hunting estate of Falkland to Duncan, Earl of Fife in 1160, any previous hunting lodge may have been replaced by the castle. The site of Falkland Castle now lies within
2442-554: The Kynge two hunting men, verie good and skillful, with one footman, that can hoop, hollow and crye, that all the trees in Fawkland will quake for fear. Pray the Kynge's Majestie to be mercifull to the poor bucks; but let him spare and look well to himself. In November 1586, Archibald Douglas wrote to Francis Walsingham that a gift of bucks from Elizabeth might help James with his grief at the forthcoming loss of his mother. In May 1592
2516-546: The Moir " [Moor], died and was buried at Falkland, probably at the kirkyard of Kilgour. He was identified as a "page of the equerry" who wore clothes of orange velvet and Spanish taffeta. For five hours in the morning of 28 June 1592 Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell , with the Master of Gray , James Lumsden of Airdrie , the Laird of Niddrie , John Colville , and Spott with others including men from Cumbria attempted to capture
2590-485: The Neapolitan Princess. She wrote to her father that she was given a lavish apartment, stating that even her chamber pot was made of gilded silver. In her correspondence with her father, she spoke of the banquet thrown for her, organized by Pietro Riario nephew of Pope Sixtus IV , which lasted six hours, and it was an endless succession of food, accompanied by music, dancing and poetry. “The treasures of
2664-512: The Palace gardens. To the north, between the royal stable and the River Eden , was a great oak wood. Its many groves merged into the surrounding parkland. Timber was occasionally cut in the forest for royal ships of war. The castle would have been surrounded by meadows, fields, orchards, glades and Falkland Park, which was a managed forest surrounded by a pale, a ditch with a fence on top of it. The pale would have been used to keep game inside
2738-481: The community by Falkland Community Development Trust, an organisation established to maintain, develop and/or operate a centre or centres providing facilities for a wide range of community activities and accommodation for community groups, and for public sector agencies which provide services of benefit to the community. All residents of Falkland can become members of the trust. The Falkland Society holds regular meetings with speakers, and has published several books about
2812-511: The construction of two ponds in the hay yard. A new lawn was laid near the queen's chamber, and a doorway was made for her to access the garden. Such access was popular in this period; in other countries, Margaret of Anjou at Greenwich Palace and Isabella of Portugal at Bruges had access from their lodgings to the gardens. Eleanor of Naples built new lodgings and a terrace garden at Castello Estense in Ferrara . . At Linlithgow Palace ,
2886-453: The court of Ferrara had a more positive attitude towards women, with many influences coming from highly educated women. It is considered extremely rare for women during this period to be praised highly for their political prowess, making her a bit of an anomaly. Her more gentle nature and need for more intellectual conversations, led her to a more subtle political rule, making it difficult to find much on her ruling, when compared to, for example,
2960-524: The crown. Falkland became a popular retreat with all the Stewart monarchs and queens consort. They practised falconry there and used the vast surrounding forests for hawking. Red deer and fallow deer were kept in the park for hunting, some brought from the Torwood Forest near Stirling. James II of Scotland granted Falkland to his queen consort Mary of Guelders , and the palace or castle became
3034-543: The deer taken out of carts and set loose in the park. James asked the English ambassador Thomas Randolph for some of Elizabeth's huntsmen, Yeoman prickers and Grooms of the leash, and some horses. A Yeoman pricker was employed to manage and guide the hunted deer. English huntsmen and bucks were sent to James VI in August 1586 by Randolph and the Scottish ambassador in London, Archibald Douglas . Randolph wrote: I have sent
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3108-456: The defenders who favoured Bothwell loaded their guns with paper rather than bullets. Bothwell abandoned the attack at 7 o'clock in the morning, and rode away with the king's horses. James Sandilands gave chase. He captured nine men whose horses tired, five were hanged in Edinburgh's Canongate , the others were ransomed. One of John Colville's servants was hanged, a packet of coded letters and
3182-457: The elder Danish Princess Elizabeth was promised to another. James VI married the younger Princess Anne of Denmark ; he included Falkland in the " morning gift " that he gave to his bride. On 12 May 1590 the Danish ambassadors rode from Wemyss Castle to Falkland to evaluate the palace and her Fife lands. They were welcomed by the keeper James Beaton of Creich . The lawyer John Skene produced
3256-399: The female minstrel Quhissilgibboun, and in September 1504 by fiddlers, lutenists, and an African drummer known as the " More taubronar ". A man from Pittenweem brought a live seal to the castle on 25 September 1502 and James IV gave him 14 shillings in reward. A new chapel (perhaps on the site of the present south quarter) was roofed in 1512 by Alexander and John Slater, and masons worked on
3330-489: The garden wall. William Thome completed the walls of the great hall. James IV was entertained at Falkland by the "Wild Lady", who received £10 for her appearances in 1513. James IV brought deer-nets from Kinneil House in November 1503. Andrew Matheson built a fold for deer in November 1505. A trap was made to "slay foxes in the park of Falkland". For a time in 1507 the horse of the French herald Montjoie, Gilbert Chauveau,
3404-643: The garden. Mary, Queen of Scots, returned from France in September 1561, and hosted a group of diplomats at Falkland. She held her Maundy Thursday or "Skyris Thurisday" ceremony at Falkland in March 1562, washing the feet of 19 young women. John Balfour bought new linen cloth for the aprons and towels which she gave to the maidens. The number of young women matched her age. Mary came for Easter at Falkland in April 1563 and 1564. The queen's many visits to Falkland have been tracked in archival sources. James VI of Scotland
3478-511: The gentlemen of Fife to convey the king's body to North Queensferry on its way to Holyrood Abbey . Mary, Queen of Scots was born at Linlithgow Palace and moved to Stirling Castle in July 1543. Her mother, Mary of Guise, sometimes travelled without her to stay at Falkland Palace. Falkland and Stirling palaces were official residences of Mary of Guise as a widow, and she continued to keep wild boars for hunting in Falkland park. Mary of Guise frequently stayed at Falkland, especially in autumn, and
3552-454: The grounds of the present Falkland Palace . The church of Kilgour was located to the west of the present town. The benefice was counted as part of the Priory of Saint Andrews. It is known that an African servant of hers were buried in the kirk yard there in July 1591. The benefice was counted as part of the Priory of Saint Andrews. It is known that coffins were interred at a spot called
3626-452: The keeper James Beaton of Creich giving more rights over the lands and buildings to the queen, Anne of Denmark . She came to stay on 12 July 1594 before the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle . It was said she left Edinburgh for Falkland because Holyrood Palace was not magnificent enough to receive the Danish ambassadors Steen Bille and Christian Barnekow . James VI arranged for Prince Henry to stay at Stirling Castle with
3700-456: The late 19th century. He employed the architects John Kinross and Robert Weir Schultz to restore a considerable proportion of the village (including the Palace). Scotland's first conservation village is best known as the location of Falkland Palace, begun in 1500 by James IV , and the best example of French-influenced Renaissance architecture in Scotland. The palace was built to accommodate
3774-604: The loan of his best hackney horse and saddle. Falkland, Fife Falkland ( Scottish Gaelic : Fàclann ), previously in the Lands of Kilgour ( c. 1200), is a village, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife , Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills . According to the 2022 census it has a population of 1,041. The earliest forms of this name include Falleland (c. 1128) and Falecklen (c. 1160). The second element
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#17327914875593848-469: The luggage of her ladies in waiting included embroidery equipment, called "broder warklumys". James V played cards with Mary of Guise during their visit in April 1540. While they were at the palace, servants washed the clothes of his infant daughter by Elizabeth Beaton , the Lady Jean Stewart . Thomas Melville's wife kept the royal family's pets. In August Mary of Guise went riding at Falkland in
3922-482: The marriage contract so that Eleanor could marry someone else, only succeeded in doing so after reaching an agreement where Eleanor's niece Isabella would marry Galeazzo's son and heir Eleanor would go on to marry Ercole d’Este (26 October 1431 – 15 June 1505) in July 1473, her supposed second husband. It is claimed that this marriage was met with much celebration. Ercole was said to be, “…an unscrupulous and devious ruler.” He came to be Duke of Ferrara in 1471, taking
3996-399: The old castle and royal lodgings into a beautiful renaissance -style royal palace. James enjoyed imported oranges at Falkland in April 1497 and gave a tip to the gardener and workmen building the dyke around the park. In May 1501 James IV hired two stonemasons from Dundee to work at the palace, and an hourglass was bought for time-keeping. On 13 December 1501 he was entertained at Falkland by
4070-401: The palace and James VI and Anne of Denmark. James VI had been warned of Bothwell's approach and had stayed at Falkland rather than go to Perth as he had planned. Bothwell's plans had been revealed to the English ambassador in Edinburgh, Robert Bowes, and he had told Richard Cockburn , the Earl of Morton , and the Master of Glamis that the king should "look narrowly about him". Bothwell crossed
4144-497: The palace garden. Andrew Fairny maintained the dykes and ditches. The tenants of the village of Casch were compensated for damage done by escaped deer. James VI's master stabler David Murray kept the king's mares and stags in the park. Guilliam looked after the hay, and George Strathauchin was the palace gardener. Queen Elizabeth I sent deer for the park in 1586 and 1587, and again in 1591 from parks near Colchester . These were diplomatic gifts . In May 1586, James VI went to Falkland
4218-548: The park reserved for hunting by the royal family and its courtiers. A park keeper maintained the Pale. In 1469 the keeper Bannatyne was docked wages for failing to keep it repaired. In 1371 Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Fife acknowledged Robert Stewart , Earl of Menteith , son of Robert II , as her heir. She made him keeper of the castle and forest of Falkland. In 1402 Stewart, by then Duke of Albany , imprisoned his nephew and rival David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay , at Falkland; he
4292-472: The power to execute accused witches without dispute from central government. By restoring these powers to the King, the Privy Council hoped to reduce the number of 'innocent' people killed. However, the order was quite limited in reality, only discrediting commissions presided over by one or two men alone, and it also reiterated James VI's determination to continue with the witch-hunt . However, during
4366-481: The queen's chamber to the pleasance, new stables, a coal shed, repairs and an extension to the counting house, and a smith-made andirons or firedogs for the queen's bedchamber and the fire grate of the great hall. The royal carpenter was Andrew Lesouris. New structures included a "galry" with two chambers, apparently the earliest use of the French-derived term "gallery" in Britain. Works in the grounds included
4440-501: The royal court when they came to Falkland to hunt in the nearby forests; Mary, Queen of Scots , was a frequent visitor. The palace houses a Roman Catholic church which was used for the undertaking of mass. As at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, a fire broke out during the occupation of the buildings by Oliver Cromwell 's troops in 1654. The fire destroyed the East Range. The Court never returned to Falkland Palace after 1665 and until
4514-491: The same way as did other royal burghs. Falkland was the birthplace of the famous 17th-century Covenanter Richard Cameron . He was the town schoolmaster before he became a field or itinerant preacher. His house still stands in the main street of the village. Another Covenanter, Robert Gillespie , was arrested for preaching here; he was imprisoned on the Bass Rock . John, Marquis of Bute , inherited much of this land in
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#17327914875594588-456: The summer of 1583 at Falkland, and the English diplomat Robert Bowes noted it was a "little house" unsuitable for holding a parliament. In 1584 James VI had the roofs repaired, and requested Agnes Leslie , Lady of Lochleven , and his tenants in Fife to send horses and help carry slates, tiles, timber, sand and lime to the palace. In July and August 1584, James welcomed Albert Fontenay , a French envoy sent by his mother, at Falkland, and lent him
4662-506: The terrace garden now known as the Garden of Oranges. Eleanor died on 1493, at the age of 43. The circumstances are unknown, but during her time period she could have been taken by a number of diseases. Her eldest son Alfonso viewed his mother as one of the women he cared for the most, and he was deeply affected when he lost her at the age of seventeen. Due to the fact that his mother and sister, Beatrice, whom he also loved deeply, died at such
4736-413: The title upon the death of his half-brother, Borso, and would rule until his death in 1503. When she was passed through Rome in June 1473, on her way to marry Ercole d’Este , duke of Ferrara, she was received grandly (she would go on to marry him a month later). Two nephews of Rodrigo Borgia , who was a cardinals at the time, were there to greet her. They wanted to make a good and lasting impression on
4810-467: The trials of the early seventeenth century, the proclamation at Falkland Palace did help to introduce a new regime of restricted witch-hunting, and it demonstrated greater considerations surrounding the evidence needed to condemn a witch. When Anne of Denmark visited in September 1598 her bed chamber was hung with tapestry brought from Holyroodhouse . Rhenish, "Rence", wine was brought to Falkland for her. A French ambassador Philippe de Béthune, brother of
4884-574: The village. Falkland has one of the oldest real tennis courts, which was built for James V of Scotland in 1539. It is the oldest tennis court in use today, and the only active tennis court without a roof. Play is organized by the Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club . Forming in 1860, Falkland Cricket Club are the oldest cricket club in Fife. The club have played at Scroggie Park since 1948. Local running groups include Falkland Trail Runners , Get Fit Falkland , and
4958-636: Was absent. He was absent in 1482–1484, when he fought a war with the Republic of Venice. Due to growing up in the Aragonese court of Naples, she brought with her much political knowledge and advice, and was said to show an extreme amount of common sense. Eleanor undertook the modernisation of the Castello Estense in Ferrara, transforming its Torre Marchesana in new lodgings and first constructed
5032-412: Was also dedicated to her. Having all these works dedicated to her, could heavily suggest that she was a patron , someone with much money and high status who will commission an artist or writer for a work. Most times these works were an attempt to gain more political favor. She was an eloquent writer and showed a great amount of political prowess when she wrote letters. It is through this that we can see
5106-551: Was at Falkland with the French diplomat Charles de Prunelé, Baron d'Esneval . In September he received a gift of books and hunting horses from Elizabeth I , and news of the discovery of the Babington Plot . The Master of Gray wrote from Falkland to the Scottish ambassador in London that James was "content for the law to go forward", if her life was safe. James VI held a meeting at Falkland in September 1587 to discuss his marriage plans after hearing from his ambassadors that
5180-470: Was considered an adult ruler after October 1579. In preparation for his visits to Falkland, a cooper in Leith, William Todd, supplied barrels and brewing equipment for the palace. In April 1582, James VI of Scotland made John Killoch and Robert Schaw keepers of all his tennis courts, and suppliers of his balls and rackets. In June 1583, Schaw spent £100 on refurbishing the court at Falkland. James VI spent
5254-499: Was held by his mother Margaret Tudor . He had announced an early morning deer hunt in the park, but escaped by horse in the middle of the night dressed as a stable hand. To address the poor state of the garden and park, James V appointed a new Captain and Keeper, William Barclay, Master of Rhynd, in March 1527. The Queen's Chamber was hung with tapestry for Margaret Tudor in September 1534. James V extended his father's buildings in French renaissance style from 1537. He arranged to build
5328-572: Was kept in the palace stables. In May 1508 James IV and John Methven stalked deer in the park with a firearm called a culverin . Later, wild boar , imported from France, were kept in the Park, within a fence made by the Laird of Fernie . Dairy and beef cattle were kept to support the castle population. The teenage James V was detained at Falkland Palace by the Earl of Angus and, according to Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie , escaped to Stirling Castle which
5402-453: Was recorded there in October 1546, and in September 1549. A letter, perhaps of 1548, mentions the refurbishment of the stables, the wardrobes, and the lodgings of one of her officials. Mary of Guise asked the Earl of Bothwell to escort her from Falkland to Stirling Castle for a convention or council in December 1549. In October 1552, Regent Arran (who ruled Scotland on behalf of Mary) wondered if Mary of Guise would come from Falkland for
5476-599: Was the eldest son of Robert III . The incarcerated Duke eventually died from neglect and starvation. Albany was exonerated from blame by the Parliament of Scotland , but suspicions of foul play persisted. These suspicions were carried against Rothesay's younger brother, the future King James I . These events eventually led to the downfall of the Albany Stewarts. After ordering the execution of Albany's son Murdoch in 1424, James I took possession of Falkland for
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