Arundel Castle, England

The Arundel Castle is a medieval castle located above the River Arun in West Sussex, England. The castle was built in the 1070's by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel and a loyal Baron of William the Conqueror. After death of Roger de Montgomery the Arundel Castle passed to the crown but Henry I left it in his will to his second wife Adeliza of Louvain.

Three years after Henry's death she married William d'Albani II, the 1st Earl of the d'Aubigny family which owned the Arundel Castle apart from the occasional reversion to the crown until 1243 when the last male in the line of the Aubigny line died. Soon afterwards the Arundel Castle passed through marriage to the FitzAlan family which owned the castle uninterrupted until 1555 when the castle through marriage of the daughter of the 19th Earl of Arundel came into possesion of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.

After his execution for conspiring to marry Mary I of Scotland the crown seized the castle but later returned it to his heirs and the Arundel Castle stayed in possession of the Norfolk family until the present day. During the English Civil War (from 1642 to 1651) was the Arundel Castle severely damaged but the damage was not repaired until about 1718 when were carried out some repairs. Current fame for being one of the most impressive and complete castles in Britain the Arundel Castle owes in first place to Henry, 15th Duke of Norfolk who carried out an extensive restoration project which was completed in 1900.