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Also: United Kingdom: Scotland: People: By occupation: Military personnel: Mercenaries Pages in category "Scottish mercenaries" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
This is a list of mercenaries. ... Scottish Jacobite who became a mercenary after the failed attempt to restore the Stuart Monarchy in Britain. He initially fought ...
A Highland mercenary fighting in Europe during the Thirty Years War, with a bow, plaid and blue bonnet.. Redshank was a nickname for Scottish mercenaries from the Highlands and Western Isles contracted to fight in Ireland; they were a prominent feature of Irish armies throughout the 16th century.
Images of gallowglasses fighting as mercenaries in European mainland armies were sketched by Dürer in 1521 and later by French and Dutch artists. [9] Gallowglasses served in the Dutch Blue Guards, Swiss Guard, the French Scottish Guard, and the forces of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in his invasion of Livonia during the Thirty Years' War.
Scottish mercenaries known as Redshanks, were highly sought after. Shown here fighting in the Thirty Years War. The redshanks were usually armed alike, principally with bows (the short bow of Scotland and Ireland, rather than the longbow of Wales and England) and, initially, two-handed weapons like claymores, battle axes or Lochaber axes.
Scottish mercenaries (70 P) Scottish military engineers (15 P) Military personnel from Moray (22 P) N. Military personnel from North Ayrshire (23 P)
Scottish soldiers in the service of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden; 1631 German engraving. There was a complicated involvement between Scotland and the Thirty Years' War of 1618–1648. Scotland and the Scots were heavily entangled in both the diplomatic and military events which centred on the Holy Roman Empire. There were a number of reasons for ...
Numerous Scottish units also fought in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and during the 1660 Stuart Restoration the Scots Army was established as the army of the Kingdom of Scotland. As a result of the Acts of Union 1707 , the Scots Army was merged with the English Army to form the British Army , which contained numerous prominent Scottish regiments.