[2] Embūte has been known since the end of 1244, when the Curonian wooden castle (German: Amboten) was taken over by the master of the Livonian Order Dietrich von Grüningen.

In 1245 during war with Livonian Order, castle was attacked by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Mindaugas, but it was not taken.

[3] It came in the hands of the Livonian Order for a short period, but in the end of the thirteenth century it again belonged to the bishop.

After the Second World War, the local Soviet kolkhoz used stones from the castle as building materials.

Embūte Castle ruins are situated far from the main road, in the sparsely populated region of Courland.