Battle of Inverlochy (1431)

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

Belligerents

Supporters of Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross:
Clan Donald + allies

Supporters of James I of Scotland

Commanders and leaders

Donald Balloch
Alasdair Carrach.

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

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

900

Clan Donald and Stewart royal family wars

Dingwall Harlaw Inverness (1429) Lochaber Inverlochy (1431)

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, who had been loyal to the king during the rebellion. King James himself soon after led an army into the Highlands, and the rebel forces disintegrated.

With the murder of King James 6 years later, Alexander was liberated, and renewed the campaign of vengeance against the Royalist supporters.

Notes and references

↑ Site Record for Battles Of Inverlochy, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

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

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The Battles of Clan Cameron

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see also	Scottish clan Jacobite risings Wars of Scottish Independence Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Anglo-Scottish Wars Marian civil war Military of Scotland Manrent Massacre of Glencoe

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Battle of Inverlochy (1431)

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