Below are short biographies for people who helped shape medieval history and the evolution of castles.
Edward the Confessor
Robert Curthose William FitzOsbern
Tostig Godwinson Roger de Montgomery
Robert de Mortain
Richard of Normandy
William d'Aubigny Richard de Clare
William de Lanvalei III
Roger de Quincy
Eustace de Vesci
Humphrey de Bohun John of Brittany Neil de Brus Elizabeth de Burgh Robert de Clifford
Hugh de Cressingham Hugh le Despenser John FitzGeoffrey Andrew Harclay
Henry de Hastings Henry de Lacy Philip Marmion Guy de Montfort
Henry de Montfort Simon de Montfort (Younger) Henry de Tyeys John de Vesci
Thomas of Brotherton Richard FitzAlan
Henry Percy Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Richard le Scrope Richard Talbot
Étienne de Vignolles
Jean de Dunois
Edward Stafford
