In 1136, during the early phase of the civil war known as the Anarchy, Rougemont Castle in Exeter was held against King Stephen by Baldwin de Redvers. The garrison mounted a determined resistance, but the siege ultimately lasted three months before the defenders were forced to submit. The fall of the castle came not through direct assault but through the exhaustion of the garrison's resources: the three wells within the fortification and large supplies of wine had all been consumed, leaving the defenders with no practical means of continuing their resistance.
During the siege, King Stephen constructed an earthen fortification at the site now known, erroneously, as Danes Castle, demonstrating the effort he was prepared to invest in reducing the holdout. Baldwin de Redvers and his garrison endured for three months before the complete exhaustion of both their water supply and their considerable stocks of wine compelled them to submit to the king.
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King Stephen's forces besieged Rougemont Castle, held by Baldwin de Redvers and his garrison.
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