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Malmö Castle

Malmö Castle is a fortress and the first castle was founded in 1434 by King Eric of Pomerania. This structure was demolished in early 16th century and a new one was built in its place in the 1530s by King Christian III of Denmark. Historically, this fortress was one of the most important strongholds of Denmark.The castle was beween 1568–1573 the prison of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The earl was taken into custody on the orders of the Danish king Frederick II of Denmark when his ship ran aground in Bergen, Norway. He was sent to the Castle to be imprisoned, although he had previously been released from Tower of London for lack of evidence in the murder of Mary's second husband, Henry Stuart. The batchelor King Frederick II courted Elizabeth I of England and was made a Knight of the Garter. The Earl of Bothwell died in 1578 in Dragsholm Castle where he had been moved after the first five years in Danish captivity, without ever being the subject of Danish-Scottish negotiations for his release. Today it is a very interesting museum to visit. The following two folders contains pictures from the museums inside

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From the outside of the castl

The red busses	Odds and ends inside the museum

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