The House of Plantagenet
Henry II
Held a Great Council (Parliament) at Windsor in 1175. Buried at Fontevraud, France. 1154 1189
Richard I
(Richard Coeur de Lion)
Placed Windsor Castle under the care of Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, who was attacked here in 1190 by William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, and who captured the Castle. Buried at Fontevraud, France. 1189 1199
John
(of Magna Carta fame) Buried at Worcester. 1199 1216
Henry III
Completed the walls around the Castle by building the west end and the three towers in the Lower Ward. He also built a chapel on the site of the present Albert Memorial Chapel, and the adjoining cloister and also the tower now known as the Henry III Tower. Buried at Westminster Abbey. 1216 1272
Edward I
Known as the 'Hammer' of the Scots, he brought the Coronation Stone to Westminster, created his son first Prince of Wales, and commemorated death of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, by erecting memorials at each halting place of the funeral procession from Nottinghamshire to Westminster - the Eleanor Crosses.
Edward I stayed often at the Castle and made Windsor a Free Borough and granted the town its first Charter in 1276. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
1272
1307
Edward II
Stayed at Windsor regularly, some of his children were born here. He was routed at Bannockburn, and murdered in Berkeley Castle. Buried at Gloucester. 1307 1327
Edward III
Born at Windsor, and known as Edward of Windsor. He pulled down a great part of the old Castle and rebuilt it on stronger lines. The Round Tower, Edward III Tower, the Norman Gateway, King John's Tower and several other important parts of the Castle were built by Edward.
Plunged England into fruitless '100 Years War', his son, The Black Prince, was most renowned warrior in Europe. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
1327
1377
Richard II
Courageous but unbalanced. Ultimately deposed. Died mysteriously in Pontefract Castle. Buried first at Kings Langley, afterwards Westminster Abbey.
1377
Dep. 1399