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Media in category "Kinnaird Castle (Angus)" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, and of their kindred. (With plates, including a portrait and a facsimile, a map and genealogical tables.) (1867) (14747557586).jpg 2,336 × 1,722; 972 KB. Kinnaird Castle - George Washington Wilson ...
Brechin (/ ˈ b r iː x ɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: Breichin) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today as an episcopal seat of the Scottish Episcopal Church), but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern ...
The Carnegie family have lived at Kinnaird since 1401, when Duthac de Carnegie by purchase and marriage acquired the estate and built the original castle in 1402. Duthac de Carnegie died in 1411 and his son Walter was involved in the Battle of Brechin after which the Earl of Crawford burnt Kinnaird Castle in 1452 in revenge for Walter having sided with the Earl of Huntly.
The earl of Southesk also holds the Scottish feudal title of Baron of Kinnaird and is a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, has been the home of the earls of Southesk for several hundred years. The first earl of Southesk's great-great-grandson, the fifth earl, was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715.
Nach der Schlacht von Brechin am 18. Mai 1452 ließ Alexander Lindsay, 4. Earl of Crawford, die Burg niederbrennen, weil der Clan Carnegie König Jakob II. unterstützt hatte. Die Burg wurde wieder aufgebaut. 1617 weilte König Jakob VI. auf Kinnaird Castle.
Kinnaird Castle sits in 800 acres of mature parkland between Brechin and the Montrose Basin. The house has been occupied by the Carnegie family (Earls of Southesk) for over 600 years. The Castle offers self catering holiday accommodation in two apartments overlooking the deer park. These are ideal for family gatherings or fishing parties.
