An impressive building that was formerly a royal stronghold, Fyvie is possibly one of the finest examples of Scottish Baronial architecture. A castle has existed on this site since 1211 but most of the current building was built in the 14th/15th century. William the Lion was at Fyvie around 1213 and Alexander II granted a charter there in 1222. King Edward I stayed at "Fyvin Chastel" in July 1296 while later Robert the Bruce dispensed justice in an open-air court there. From 1390, following the Battle of Otterburn, five successive families (Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith) each built one of Fyvie Castle's five towers. In 1596 it was sold to Alexander Seton, who enlarged the castle and added the upper works. In 1601 Dame Lilias Drummond, Seton's first wife, died. Some believe she was starved to death by her husband because she failed to give him a male heir. Tradition says she was imprisoned in the Douglas Room. Her family tried to rescue her but were caught, slaughtered in her presence and their mutilated bodies thrown from the window. In 1982 Sir Andrew Forbes-Leith sold Fyvie and its contents to The National Trust for Scotland. The most famous Paranormal encounter is that of Lilias, otherwise known as The Green Lady. Legend has it that on the wedding night of Alexander and his second wife, heavy sighs and scratching noises were heard from outside their chamber window. In the morning they found the words D Lilias Drummond carved upside down on the sill, from the outside.