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Cambuskenneth Abbey Near Stirling Scotland

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Tour Scotland travel video of Cambuskenneth Abbey, a ruined Augustinian monastery located on an area of land enclosed by a meander of the River Forth on ancestry visit near Stirling. The abbey was founded by order of King David I around the year 1140. It is a daughter house of the French Arrouaise Order, the only one to exist in Scotland.Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, it was initially known as the Abbey of St Mary of Stirling and sometimes simply as Stirling Abbey. In 1147 Pope Eugene III declared the Abbey had his protection through a papal bull a status confirmed by both Pope Alexander III in 1164 and Pope Celestine III in 1195. The Abbey becomes known as Cambuskenneth rather than Stirling from around 1207 as shown by papal bulls of the time. in 1303 King Edward I of England prayed and received an oath of loyalty from Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, at the Abbey. In 1308 Niall mac Cailein, Gilbert II de la Hay and other nobles swore allegiance to Robert the Bruce. The connection to Robert the Bruce continues with a parliament being held at the Abbey in 1314, five months after victory at the Battle of Bannockburn. The spoils of the battle at Bannockburn were shared out on the grounds of the Abbey. In 1486 Margaret of Denmark died at Stirling Castle and was buried at the abbey. In 1488 her husband James III was killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn and his body was brought to Cambuskenneth Abbey for burial. Following the dismantling of the bulk of the abbey the tomb was incomplete and a restoration of the tomb was undertaken in 1865, funded by Queen Victoria. It stands within a railed enclosure at the east end of the abbey ruins
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