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Siege of Inverness 1650

Siege of Inverness: Inverness Castle
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1650Wikidata P585 point in time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryScotlandderived

About the battle

The siege of Inverness of 1650 was part of the Scottish Civil War that formed part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly, who was operating under the leadership of the royalist James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, unsuccessfully laid siege to Inverness Castle which was being held by Covenanters of the Clan Fraser of Lovat under Sir James Fraser of Brea.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 57.4839, -4.2258

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Inverness (1650) (revision 1370741993), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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