War of the Rough Wooing

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The War of the Rough Wooing was a mid-16th-century conflict in which England sought to force a marriage alliance with Scotland by military aggression, devastating much of the Scottish Lowlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Scottish war ⓘ
war ⓘ
chronology follows the Battle of Flodden (1513) in the sequence of Anglo-Scottish conflicts ⓘ
precedes the Scottish Reformation crisis of the 1550s ⓘ
commander Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford ⓘ
Edward VI of England ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran ⓘ
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran ⓘ
James V of Scotland ⓘ
Mary of Guise ⓘ
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
endTime 1551 ⓘ
hasCause Anglo-Scottish tensions following the death of James V of Scotland ⓘ
English attempt to secure a marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Edward, Prince of Wales ⓘ
Henry VIII’s desire to dominate Scotland ⓘ
involved House of Stewart ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart

House of Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Tudor dynasty

Kingdom of France ⓘ
location Northern England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Lowlands ⓘ
mainTheater Scottish Borders ⓘ
namedAfter English policy of coercive “wooing” for a marriage alliance ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Ancrum Moor ⓘ
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh ⓘ
Battle of Solway Moss ⓘ
notableEvent Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 ⓘ
Devastation of the Scottish Borders ⓘ
Sack of Leith ⓘ
opponent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Scottish Wars ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-French Wars of the 16th century ⓘ
Auld Alliance ⓘ
Scottish Reformation ⓘ
result Failure of English plan to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, to Edward VI ⓘ
Heavy devastation of the Scottish Lowlands ⓘ
Increased French influence in Scotland ⓘ
Occupation of parts of southern Scotland by English garrisons ⓘ
Strengthening of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France ⓘ
startTime 1543 ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Boulogne (1550) ⓘ
Treaty of Greenwich ⓘ
Treaty of Haddington ⓘ

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

Linlithgow Palace → damagedDuring → War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
Anglo-Scottish Wars → hasPart → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Anglo-Scottish Wars → significantEvent → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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St Andrews Castle → damagedDuring → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset → conflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland → militaryConflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Armed forces of the Kingdom of Scotland → engagedInConflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Kingdom of Scotland–Kingdom of England relations → hasPart → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Scottish army → conflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Battle of Pinkie Cleugh → partOf → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Battle of Pinkie Cleugh → conflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Battle of Pinkie Cleugh → category → Battles of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Battle of Ancrum Moor → conflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Battle of Ancrum Moor → cause → Henry VIII’s policy of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
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St Michael's Parish Church → damagedDuring → Wars of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke → participatedIn → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Clan Seton → participatedIn → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Rosslyn Castle → damagedIn → War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
Treaty of Greenwich (1543) → historicalContext → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Treaty of Haddington → context → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 → conflict → War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
Sack of Leith → partOf → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Devastation of the Scottish Borders → partOf → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Early modern Scotland → conflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox → participatedIn → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Broughty Castle → usedDuringConflict → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Anglo-French wars → hasPart → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Castles in Midlothian → significantEvent → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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Northern Rebellion (1569) → relatedTo → Rough Wooing ⓘ
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