#agnes randolph
Remarkable Women in History by Country: Scotland
Black Agnes
Countess Agnes Randolph defended the castle of Dunbar against the English forces of King Edward III.
Though she was faced with one of England’s most able commanders and only had a few people to defend it, she refused to yield the castle when it came under siege in 1338.
She enjoyed mocking the besiegers. When bombarded by stones from catapults, she led her ladies in her best clothes to the damaged parts and wiped off the damage.
Agnes had a battery ram destroyed by dropping a huge boulder on it, which had first been thrown inside the castle walls by the English.
After a siege of almost five months, the English gave up and Agnes retained the castle.
Nowadays, she is still a famous heroine in Scotland.
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