Battle of the Bridge of Dee

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The Battle of the Bridge of Dee was a 1639 engagement of the First Bishops' War in which Royalist forces under the Marquis of Huntly attempted to halt the advance of Covenanter troops toward Aberdeen at the strategically vital bridge over the River Dee in Scotland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Dee Bridge 1
Battle of the Bridge of Dee canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Dee Bridge ⓘ
belligerent Royalists ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
cause King Charles I's religious policies in Scotland ⓘ
dispute over episcopacy in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
combatantRoleOf George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly as Royalist commander ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose as Covenanter commander ⓘ
conflict First Bishops' War ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars
conflictType civil war battle ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
date 1639-06-18 ⓘ
1639-06-19 ⓘ
endDate 1639-06-19 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Berwick (1639) ⓘ
hasCasualties Covenanter forces ⓘ
Royalist forces ⓘ
hasCommander George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose ⓘ
hasParticipant Covenanters ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement

Royalists ⓘ
hasTacticalFeature defence of a river crossing ⓘ
historicalPeriod First Bishops' War ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars
involves artillery fire on the bridge ⓘ
infantry engagement at the bridgehead ⓘ
isPartOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
location Aberdeen ⓘ
Bridge of Dee ⓘ
River Dee ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
notableFeature fighting focused on a narrow stone bridge ⓘ
objective to halt Covenanter advance toward Aberdeen ⓘ
opponent Covenanter forces ⓘ
Royalist forces ⓘ
partOf First Bishops' War ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars
precededBy Covenanter uprising in Scotland ⓘ
region northeast Scotland ⓘ
religiousContext Scottish Covenanter movement ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement

Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
result Covenanter victory ⓘ
startDate 1639-06-18 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of the bridge over the River Dee ⓘ
defence of Aberdeen ⓘ
tookPlaceNear city of Aberdeen ⓘ
year 1639 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bridge of Dee → notableBattle → Battle of the Bridge of Dee ⓘ
Battle of the Bridge of Dee → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dee Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Bridge of Dee