Battle of Aberdeen (1644)

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The Battle of Aberdeen (1644) was a significant engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Royalist forces under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, defeated a Covenanter army near the Scottish city of Aberdeen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
aftermath Royalist forces looted Aberdeen ⓘ
associatedNobleTitle Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
associatedPoliticalFaction Royalist cause in Scotland ⓘ
belligerent Covenanters ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement

Royalists ⓘ
campaign Montrose’s 1644–1645 campaign in Scotland ⓘ
chronologyPosition early battle in Montrose’s Royalist campaign ⓘ
cityInvolved Aberdeen ⓘ
combatantForceType Covenanter militia ⓘ
Covenanter regular troops ⓘ
Highland clansmen ⓘ
Royalist Irish infantry ⓘ
commander James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
Lord Lewis Gordon ⓘ
Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
CovenanterCommander Lord Lewis Gordon ⓘ
Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh ⓘ
date 13 September 1644 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fyvie ⓘ
hasPrimarySourceType 17th-century chronicles ⓘ
letters and dispatches from Montrose’s campaign ⓘ
historicalRegion Early modern Scotland ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Battle of Aberdeen (1298) ⓘ
Battle of Aberdeen (1640) ⓘ
location Aberdeen, Scotland ⓘ
near Aberdeen ⓘ
notableFor Royalist sack of Aberdeen after the battle ⓘ
opponentOf Covenanter government in Scotland ⓘ
opposingPoliticalFaction Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
partOf Scottish campaign of 1644–1645 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Tippermuir ⓘ
primaryRoyalistLeader James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
relatedConflict English Civil War ⓘ
Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
result Royalist victory ⓘ
RoyalistCommander James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
significance consolidated Montrose’s early gains in the north-east of Scotland ⓘ
theatre Scottish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
typeOfEngagement pitched battle ⓘ
year 1644 ⓘ

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → notableBattle → Battle of Aberdeen (1644) ⓘ
Battle of Tippermuir → followedBy → Battle of Aberdeen (1644) ⓘ
Battle of Aberdeen (1644) → isDistinctFrom → Battle of Aberdeen (1640) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Aberdeen (1644)
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → battle → Battle of Aberdeen (1644) ⓘ
subject linked to: James Graham
Montrose’s 1644–1645 Scottish campaign → dateOfBattle → Battle of Aberdeen (1644), 13 September 1644 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Aberdeen (1644)