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Battle of Inverlochy (1431) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 56°49′53″N 5°5′6″W / 56.83139°N 5.08500°W

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Battle of Inverlochy (1431)

Part of the Scottish clan wars

Battlefield is the green field above the squareish central building of the aluminium factory

Date	September 1431
Location	Fort William, Scotland grid reference NN126750 ^[1] 56°49′53″N 5°5′6″W / 56.83139°N 5.08500°W / 56.83139; -5.08500
Result	Lordship victory

Belligerents

Lordship of the Isles

Scottish Crown

Commanders and leaders

Donald Balloch
Alasdair Carrach.

Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Allan Stewart, 4th Earl of Caithness

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

900

Registered battlefield

Official name

Battle of Inverlochy I

Designated

14 December 2012

Reference no.

BTL34

Clan Donald and Stewart royal family wars

Conflict between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

Conflict between Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross and James I of Scotland

Conflict between Aonghas Óg and James III of Scotland

Battle of Lagabraad

Conflict between John of Islay, Earl of Ross and James IV of Scotland

Blar Na Pairce (1491)
Raid on Ross (1491)
Drumchatt (1497)

Rebellion of Domhnall Dubh

Cairnburgh Castle (1504)
Achnashellach (1505)

The Battle of Inverlochy (1431) (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Inbhir Lòchaidh) was fought after Alexander of Islay (Alasdair Ìle, Rìgh Innse Gall), Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross, had been imprisoned by King James I. A force of Highlanders led by Donald Balloch, Alexander's cousin, defeated Royalist forces led by the Earls of Mar and Caithness at Inverlochy, near present-day Fort William. Over 1000 men were supposedly killed, among them the Earl of Caithness. Balloch then went on to ravage the country of Clan Cameron and Clan Chattan, clans who had been disloyal to Alexander. King James himself soon after led an army into the Highlands, and Highland forces left off.

Alexander was liberated by King James in October 1431, it is said as a part of a royal amnesty granted to several upon the birth of the king's son James II.^[2] but the timing for that doesn't fit. When King James finally set Alexander free, he was the only magnate who could offer security in the Highlands. Upon the king's murder in 1437, Alexander was again recognized as the Earl of Ross, and not only received control of Dingwall, but Inverness, too, which he would hold until at least 1447.

The pibroch The End of the Great Bridge is traditionally held to have been composed during the battle and Piobaireachd Domhnull Dubh, named for clan chief Donald Dubh Cameron, commemorates the battle.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

By January 1437 Alexander was styling himself "Earl of Ross" in his charters, and this style was acknowledged in royal documents by 1439. Finally, in February 1439, Alexander was appointed Justiciar of Scotia, an office which made him the chief legal official in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Notes and references

^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Battle Of Inverlochy (1431) (23707)". Canmore. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
^ Angus MacDonald, et al, The Clan Donald, vol I, 1896, at p. 191.
^ "BBC Radio Scotland - Pipeline, Ciaren Ross". BBC. 34:00 minutes in.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Battle of Inverlochy I (BTL34)". Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "The Battle of Inverlochy - 1431". www.clan-cameron.org.
^ "The End of the Great Bridge" (PDF). pipesdrums.com.

Bower, Walter, Scotichronicon, 1987–96.
Brown, M., James I, 1994.
MacDonald, Hugh, History of the MacDonalds, in Highland Papers, vol. I, 1914.

Scottish clan battles

Wars of Scottish Independence

First War of Scottish Independence

Second War of Scottish Independence

Anglo-Scottish Wars

Border wars	Duns Otterburn 1385 1400 Nesbit Moor (1402) Homildon Hill Yeavering Piperdean Sark Roxburgh Berwick (1482) Redeswire
Flodden campaign	Flodden Field
Solway Moss campaign	Haddon Rig Solway Moss
Rough Wooing	Edinburgh Ancrum Moor Pinkie Inchkeith Haddington Broughty Castle

Private and local clan battles
(Many of these also had links at national
level, including the feuds between Clan Donald
and the Crown, Clan Douglas and the Crown
and the Mary, Queen of Scots civil war)

13th century	Embo (1245) Largs (1263) Red Ford (1294/96)
14th century	Dalrigh (1306) Pass of Brander (1308) Drumlui (1330/37) Invernahavon (1370/86) Angus (1391) North Inch (1396)
15th century	Drumoak (1402) Tuiteam Tarbhach (1406) Dingwall (1411) Harlaw (1411) Harpsdale (1426) Drumnacoub (1427/33) Lochaber (1429) Palm Sunday (1429) Inverness (1429) Mamsha (1429) Inverlochy (1431) Sandside Chase (1437) Craignaught Hill (1439) Craig Cailloch (1441) Arbroath (1445/46) Brechin (1452) Bealach nam Broig (1452) Clachnaharry (1454) Arkinholm (1455) Skibo and Strathfleet (1455) Tannach (1464/38) Champions (1464/78) Stalc (1468) Corpach (1470) Tarbat (1480) Lagabraad (1480/83) Bloody Bay (1480/83) Lochmaben Fair (1484) Aldy Charrish (1487) Blar Na Pairce (1485/91) Raid on Ross (1491) Drumchatt (1497) Black Mount (1497/98) Daltullich (1499)
16th century	Drumchatt (1501) Achnashellach (1505) Knock Mary (1511) Glendale (1513) Torran Dubh (1517) Alltachuilain (1518/19) Cleanse the Causeway (1520) Glenboultachan (1522) Melrose (1526) Linlithgow Bridge (1526) Summerdale (1529) Alltan-Beath (1542) Shirts (1544) Raids of Urquhart (1544/45) Garbharry (1555) Corrichie (1562) Inverness (1562) Chaseabout Raid (1565) Carberry Hill (1567) Langside (1568) Chanonry of Ross (1569 - 1573) Garbhain (1570) Torran-Roy (1570) Craibstone (1571) Tillieangus (1571) Beauly (1577/78) Spoiling Dyke (1578) Allt Camhna (1586) Leckmelm (1586) Western Isles (1586) Clynetradwell (1590) Dryfe Sands (1593) Glenlivet (1594) Logiebride (1597) Traigh Ghruinneart (1598) Benbigrie (1598)
Early 17th century	Bengrime (1601) Carinish (1601) Coire Na Creich (1601) Morar (1602) Glen Fruin (1603) Braes of Strathdearn (1645)

Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Bishops Wars	Brig of Dee Newburn
First English Civil War	Boldon Hill Newcastle York Marston Moor Carlisle Tippermuir Aberdeen (1644) Inverlochy Auldearn Alford Kilsyth Philiphaugh Lagganmore Aberdeen (1646) Rhunahaorine Moss Dunaverty
Second English Civil War	Mauchline Muir Preston
Third English Civil War	Whiggamore Raid Stirling 1st Inverness 2nd Inverness Carbisdale Dunbar Inverkeithing Worcester
Glencairn's rising	Tullich Dalnaspidal

Period from Restoration of 1660 to Glorious Revolution of 1688

Private and local clan battles	Fords of Arkaig (1665) Altimarlach (1680) Mulroy (1688)
Covenanter rebellion of 1679	Drumclog Bothwell Bridge The Killing Time
Monmouth Rebellion	Argyll's Rising

Jacobite risings

Jacobite rising of 1689	Loup Hill Killiecrankie Dunkeld Cromdale Glencoe
Jacobite rising of 1715	Cornwall Culloden House Alness Dunfermline Preston Inverness Sheriffmuir Brahan
Jacobite rising of 1719	Eilean Donan Glen Shiel Glen Affric Coille Bhan
Jacobite rising of 1745	Highbridge 1st Ruthven Prestonpans Culloden House 1st Carlisle Clifton 2nd Carlisle 1st Fort Augustus Inverurie Falkirk Stirling 2nd Ruthven Moy Inverness 2nd Fort Augustus Atholl Blair Castle Keith Fort William Dornoch Tongue Littleferry Culloden Loch nan Uamh Loch Ailort Arisaig Lochaber and Shiramore Killin Appin Murder Rannoch

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