Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle ( BARK-lee; historically sometimes spelled as Berkley Castle or Barkley Castle) is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it is a Grade I listed building.

The castle, traditionally believed to have been the scene of the murder of King Edward II in 1327, has remained in the possession of the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the 12th century, except for a period of royal ownership under the Tudors.

The Berkeley barony having separated from the earldom in 1882, the 8th and last Earl of Berkeley (1865–1942) bequeathed the ancestral seat to his 13th cousin, Captain Robert Berkeley, of Spetchley Park in Worcestershire (1898–1969), whose grandson, Charles Berkeley (born 1968), High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 2019/20, inherited the castle and estate from his father, Major John Berkeley (1931–2017).

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Berkeley Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界562位（全3,734件中）、イングランドの160件では52位にランクされています。1067年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の91%より古い城です（11世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の146件のひとつ）。イングランドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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