Corbeyran de Cardaillac de Sarlabous was a 16th-century French soldier who served in Scotland as Captain of Dunbar Castle and was Governor of Le Havre for twenty years. He was usually called Captain S
The French garrison of Dunbar Castle guarded a strategic port
Siege of Leith
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The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation in 1548. In 1560 the French soldiers opp
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland from 1542 to 1554
Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland from 1554 to 1560
Head of the statue of John Knox, New College, Edinburgh
19th century plan showing the French fortifications of 1560