Scottish Civil War

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The Scottish Civil War was a series of mid-17th-century conflicts in Scotland, intertwined with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, involving struggles over religion, royal authority, and clan power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
cause constitutional conflict between crown and estates ⓘ
imposition of Anglican-style episcopacy in Scotland ⓘ
power struggles among Scottish clans ⓘ
resistance to Charles I’s religious policies ⓘ
struggle over control of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
chronologicalContext mid-17th century ⓘ
conflictType clan conflict ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
endTime 1651 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Alford ⓘ
Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
Battle of Carbisdale ⓘ
Battle of Dunbar (1650) ⓘ
Battle of Inverlochy (1645) ⓘ
Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Battle of Philiphaugh ⓘ
Battle of Worcester ⓘ
Bishops’ Wars ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars

Engagement of 1648 ⓘ
Invasion of England 1651 ⓘ
Montrose’s campaign ⓘ
Royalist rising of 1644–1645 ⓘ
Scottish phase of the English Civil War ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
mainSubject Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

church governance ⓘ
royal authority ⓘ
opponent Covenanters ⓘ
English Parliamentarians ⓘ
linked to: Parliamentarians

Royalists ⓘ
Scottish Engagers ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
relatedDocument National Covenant (1638) ⓘ
linked to: National Covenant

Solemn League and Covenant (1643) ⓘ
religiousContext Presbyterian–Episcopalian conflict ⓘ
result Cromwellian occupation of Scotland ⓘ
incorporation of Scotland into the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
temporary suppression of Scottish royalism ⓘ
significantPerson Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll ⓘ
Charles I of England ⓘ
Charles II of England ⓘ
David Leslie, Lord Newark ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
startTime 1639 ⓘ

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

Clan Gordon → notableConflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Philiphaugh → isPartOf → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Philiphaugh (1645)
Scottish Covenanter army → conflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
David Leslie, Lord Newark → participatedIn → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Alasdair MacColla → participatedIn → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Inverlochy (1645) → partOf → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Inverlochy (1645) → conflict → Royalists vs Covenanters ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Civil War
Battle of Tippermuir → partOf → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → militaryConflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
subject linked to: James Graham
Battle of Auldearn → partOf → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Kilsyth → partOf → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Philiphaugh → partOf → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Archibald Johnston of Wariston → participantIn → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Commonwealth period (1649–1653) → conflict → Anglo-Scottish War (1650–1651) ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Civil War
Marquess of Argyll → associatedConflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
William Baillie of Letham → participatedIn → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Philiphaugh → conflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Sir David Leslie → participatedIn → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Colonel Archibald Strachan → conflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Early modern Scotland → hasPart → Wars of the Three Kingdoms in Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Civil War
House of Graham → involvedIn → Covenanter–Royalist conflicts in Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Civil War
British Civil Wars → hasPart → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Alasdair MacDonald → conflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Alexander MacDonald → notableEvent → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Alexander MacDonald → conflict → Scottish Civil War ⓘ
The Brownie of Bodsbeck → hasCulturalContext → Covenanter–Royalist conflict ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Civil War