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Within Scotland, from 1644 to 1645 a Scottish civil war was fought between Scottish Royalists—supporters of Charles I under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose—and the Covenanters, who had controlled Scotland since 1639 and who were allied with English Parliamentarians. The Scottish Royalists, aided by Irish troops, had a rapid series of ...
The term Wars of the Three Kingdoms first appears in A Brief Chronicle of all the Chief Actions so fatally Falling out in the three Kingdoms by James Heath, published in 1662, [7] but historian Ian Gentles argues "there is no stable, agreed title for the events....which have been variously labelled the Great Rebellion, the Puritan Revolution, the English Civil War, the English Revolution and ...
3 January – the Long Parliament adopts A Directory for the Publique Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Together with an Ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of Common-Prayer, and for Establishing and Observing of this Present Directory throughout the Kingdom of England and the Dominion of Wales, drawn up by a parliamentary ...
Royalists - Forces in all three kingdoms loyal to Charles I of England and his son Charles II of England. Covenanters - Scottish Presbyterians organised by the Church of Scotland . Confederate Ireland - For a period from 1642-1649 this faction achieved self rule, and was allied to the Royalists.
The Battle of Kilsyth, fought on 15 August 1645 near Kilsyth, was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.The largest battle of the conflict in Scotland, [3] it resulted in victory for the Royalist general Montrose over the forces of the Covenanter-dominated Scottish Parliament, and marked the end of General William Baillie's pursuit of the Royalists.
The Battle of Inverlochy occurred on 2 February 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, when a Royalist force of Highlanders and Confederate Irish troops under the overall command of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, routed and largely destroyed the pursuing forces of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, who had been encamped under the walls of Inverlochy Castle.
1645: the English Parliament forms the New Model Army 1645: 14 June: the Battle of Naseby : the New Model Army crushes the Royalist army, effectively ending the First English Civil War 1645: 15 August, Montrose wins Royalist control of Scotland at the Battle of Kilsyth ; subsequently Covenanter armies returned from England defeat him at the ...
Auldearn 1645: The Marquis of Montrose's Scottish campaign. Osprey. "Site of the Battle of Alford 1645 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms". British Towns and Villages Network; Year Book of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1980. Young, John (2000). Lenihan, P (ed.). Invasions: Scotland and Ireland 1641–1691. Brill.