Massacre of Glencoe

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The Massacre of Glencoe was a 1692 atrocity in the Scottish Highlands in which government troops, having accepted the MacDonalds’ hospitality, murdered members of the clan under orders tied to their delayed oath of allegiance to the new monarchs William III and Mary II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
authorizedBy King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
hasAftermath 1695 Scottish parliamentary inquiry ⓘ
public outcry in Scotland ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Glen Coe Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Glencoe Massacre

Massacre of the MacDonalds of Glencoe ⓘ
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
hasCategory 1692 in Scotland ⓘ
Jacobitism in Scotland ⓘ
Massacres in Scotland ⓘ
hasCause delayed oath of allegiance to William III and Mary II ⓘ
implementation of the 1691 indemnity and pardon proclamation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic breach of guest-right ⓘ
violation of Highland hospitality ⓘ
hasClanTarget Clan MacDonald of Glencoe ⓘ
hasCommandingOfficer John Hill ⓘ
Robert Campbell of Glenlyon ⓘ
Thomas Livingstone ⓘ
hasCommemoration memorial cross in Glencoe ⓘ
hasConsequence additional deaths from exposure among fleeing MacDonalds ⓘ
hasCountry Scotland ⓘ
hasDate 1692-02-13 ⓘ
hasEstimatedFatalities approximately 30 to 40 killed directly ⓘ
hasFinding massacre was a murder under trust ⓘ
hasLegacy frequent subject of Scottish songs and literature ⓘ
lasting symbol of government betrayal in Highland memory ⓘ
hasLocation Glencoe ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
hasMethod killing of hosts by billeted soldiers ⓘ
surprise attack at night ⓘ
hasMotive to deter further Jacobite resistance ⓘ
to make an example of a Highland clan ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext aftermath of the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
effort to pacify the Highlands ⓘ
hasPrecedingEvent Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious Revolution

Jacobite resistance to Williamite regime ⓘ
hasYear 1692 ⓘ
involvesOath oath of allegiance to William III and Mary II ⓘ
oathDeadline 1692-01-01 ⓘ
oathTakenBy Alastair MacIain of Glencoe ⓘ
oathTakenLate true ⓘ
orderedBy John Dalrymple, Master of Stair ⓘ
Scottish Privy Council ⓘ
partOfConflict Jacobite risings ⓘ
perpetratedBy Scottish government troops ⓘ
linked to: Scottish army

soldiers of the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment of Foot ⓘ
relatedToMonarch Mary II ⓘ
linked to: Mary II of England

William III ⓘ
victim Clan MacDonald of Glencoe ⓘ
MacDonald men, women and children ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Clan MacDonald → historicalEventAssociation → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ
subject linked to: clan MacDonald
Campbell family → notableEventAssociation → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch → notableEvent → Glencoe–Keppoch feud ⓘ
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
Massacre of Glencoe → hasAlternativeName → Massacre of the MacDonalds of Glencoe ⓘ
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
Clan MacDonald of Glencoe → notableEvent → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Glencoe → sufferedEvent → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ
The Corries → notableWork → The Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
Glen Coe → hasHistoricalEvent → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ