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At this California home, be the king of your own castle — literally.

A bona fide castle is on the market in the town of Oak Glen for the relatively inexpensive price of $999,000.

(It’s been on and off the market since at least 2010, asking $4.9 million at its peak.)

Appropriately medieval touches dot the house.Realtor.comAppropriately medieval touches dot the house.Realtor.com

The four-bedroom, 3½-bathroom house comes complete with turrets, a fountain and stained-glass windows.

Family shields abound, and there’s a suit of armor.

Plus the wooden front door is so heavily padlocked and adorned with metal accouterments that it looks like it could lead to a dungeon.

There’s also a drawbridge and a moat, though a creek that runs year-round serves as a second water barrier. Curbed first reported the listing.

How did such a property crop up in Oak Glen, a tiny pocket (population 638) in San Bernardino County that’s about an hour and a half from Los Angeles?

The owner visited Europe, was inspired by a castle there and built a replica out of cut gray stone, according to listing broker JR Allgower. The owner started construction in 1976 and only finished a few years ago.

Note the coats of arms on the wall of the great room.Note the coats of arms on the wall of the great room.

“His goal was always to live in a castle, to be the king of a castle,” Allgower tells The Post. “It’s taken him a while to get it all together.”

Over the 7-acre estate, there’s also an apple orchard, grape vines and cherry blossom trees. It also abuts the San Bernardino National Forest.

“There are deer, bobcats, bears — so it’s completely enclosed now,” Allgower adds. “There are wrought-iron gates around it.” Whew!

The interior has modern conveniences (except for central heat and air conditioning) but the decor is medievally inspired — hence the two fireplaces and a tapestry hanging in the great room.

The owner has dubbed the garages “stables” to fit with the theme.Realtor.comThe owner has dubbed the garages “stables” to fit with the theme.Realtor.com

There are also four two-car garages that the owner has dubbed “stables.”

The average sale price in the castle’s ZIP code is $316,900, according to Zillow, so this place is pretty steep by comparison.

“It’s a pain in the butt,” jokes a representative who answered the phone at Allgower’s office. “Everyone wants to go see it, but nobody can afford to buy it.”

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