List of wars involving Scotland facts for kids
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Scotland before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707, including clan conflicts, civil wars, and rebellions. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom.
- Clan conflict - 16
- Scottish victory - 11
- Scottish defeat - 11
- Another result * - 2
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
Contents
10th and 11th centuries
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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Athelstan's invasion of Scotland
(934–937) Location: Whole of Scotland |
Kingdom of Scotland
|
Kingdom of England | Partial Scottish Victory
|
Annexation of Strathclyde
(c. 1034) Location: Strathclyde |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of Strathclyde | Scottish Victory |
Invasion of Northumbria
(1039) Location: Northumbria |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | Scottish Defeat at Siege of Durham |
Norman invasion of Scotland
(1072) Part of the Norman conquest of Britain Location: Scottish Borders and Northumbria |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | Treaty of Abernethy
|
12th century
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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Óengus's invasion of Scotland
(1130) Location: Angus |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of Moray
Kingdom of Ross |
Scottish Victory
|
Somairle's invasion of Scotland
(1164) Location: Renfrewshire |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of the Isles | Scottish Victory
|
Revolt of 1173–74
(1173–1174) Location: England, Normandy, Scottish Borders, Brittany, and Flanders |
English Rebels under Eleanor of Aquitaine | English Royalists loyal to Henry II | Scottish Defeat
|
13th century
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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Scottish–Norwegian War
(1262–1266) Location: Hebrides and the Scottish West Coast |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of Norway | Treaty of Perth
|
First War of Scottish Independence
(1296–1328) Location: Scotland, England, and Ireland |
Kingdom of Scotland
Supported by: Kingdom of Magh Luirg Kingdom of Oriel |
Kingdom of England | Scottish Victory, ending English military occupation in the country
Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton
|
14th century
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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Second War of Scottish Independence
(1332–1357) Location: Scotland |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England
Supporters of Edward Balliol |
Scottish Victory with end of English claims to the country's sovereignty
|
Hundred Years' War
(1296–1328) Location: France, the Low Countries, Great Britain, and the Iberian Peninsula |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | Scottish Victory
English victory in the Edwardian War French victory in the Caroline War and the Lancastrian War |
Anglo-Scottish Wars
(1377–1575) Location: Scottish Borders and Northern England |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | Series of border skirmishes resulting in stalemate |
15th century
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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16th century
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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War of the League of Cambrai
(1511–1513) Location: Scottish Borders |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | Scottish Defeat
|
The Rough Wooing
(1543–1550) Location: Scottish Borders |
Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | Scottish Victory
|
Nine Years' War (Ireland)
(1594–1603) Location: Ireland |
Alliance of Irish clans
Scottish Gaelic mercenaries |
Kingdom of England | Scottish Gaels Defeat
|
17th century
Conflict | Scotland & allies | Scotland's opposition | Result |
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Civil wars and revolutions
Conflict | Scottish Government | Rebels | Result |
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Invasion of Moray
(1040) Location: Moray |
Kingdom of Scotland | Supporters of Macbeth | Civil War, Victory of Macbeth
|
Dubh's First Rebellion
(1501–1505) Location: Scottish Hebrides |
Kingdom of Scotland | Lord of the Isles | Civil War, Royalist victory |
Dubh's Second Rebellion
(1545) Location: Scottish Hebrides |
Kingdom of Scotland | Lord of the Isles | Civil War, Royalist victory |
Marian Civil War
(1568–1573) Location: Scotland |
Supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots | Supporters of James VI, Mary's son | Civil War, Victory of James VI
|
Bishops' Wars
(1639–1640) Location: Scottish Lowlands |
Scottish Royalists | Scottish Covenanters | Civil War, Covenanter victory |
Second English Civil War
(1648) Location: Northern England |
Scottish Royalists | Parliamentarians | Civil War, Parliamentarian victory
|
Third English Civil War
(1649–1651) Location: Scottish Lowlands and Northern England |
Scottish Royalists | Parliamentarians | Civil War, Parliamentarian victory
|
Glorious Revolution
(1688-1689) |
James VII | William of Orange Dutch military forces British military forces |
Internal Conflict
|
Jacobite Rebellions
(1689–1746) Location: Scotland, England, and Ireland |
Scottish Williamites Scotland (until 1707) |
Scottish Jacobites | Civil War, Williamite victory
|
Clan Conflicts
Conflict | Clan 1 | Clan 2 | Result |
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Clan MacDougall-Clan Campbell feud
Part of the First War of Scottish Independence (c. 1294) Location: Loch Awe |
Clan MacDougall | Clan Campbell | Clan Conflict
|
Clan Cameron-Clan Mackintosh feud
(c. 1330–1688) Location: Lochaber and Southeastern Highlands |
Clan Cameron | Clan Mackintosh | Clan Conflict
Ended in Battle of Mulroy, a Clan Cameron victory (allied with Clan MacDonald of Keppoch), after which clan warfare largely ceased in Scotland |
Wolf of Badenoch feuds
(1391) Location: Angus |
Clan Stewart of Buchan | Clan Ogilvy
Clan Gray |
Clan Conflict, Clan Stewart victory
|
Clan Mackay-Clan Gunn feud
(1426–1517) Location: Caithness and Sutherland |
Clan Mackay
Supported by: |
Clan Gunn
Supported by: |
Clan Conflict
|
Royal-Black Douglas feud
(1440–1526) Location: Galloway, Scottish Borders, and West Lothian |
Royalists loyal to House of Stewart | Rebels allied to Black Douglases | Clan Conflict, Victory for House of Stewart
|
Clan Gordon-Clan Lindsay feud
(1445–1452) Location: Angus |
Clan Gordon
Supported by: |
Clan Lindsay | Clan Conflict
|
Clan Munro-Clan Mackenzie feud
(1452–1715) Location: Ross |
Clan Munro
Supported by: |
Clan Mackenzie | Clan Conflict
|
Clan Fraser of Lovat-Clan Mackenzie feud
(1452–1715) Location: Ross |
Clan Fraser of Lovat
Supported by: |
Clan Mackenzie | Clan Conflict
|
Clan Munro-Clan Mackintosh feud
(1454–1719) Location: Inverness-shire |
Clan Munro | Clan Mackintosh | Clan Conflict
|
Clan Gunn-Clan Keith feud
(1464–c. 1478) Location: Caithness |
Clan Gunn | Clan Keith | Clan Conflict
|
Clan Mackay-Clan Ross feud
(c. 1480–1550) Location: Ross and Sutherland |
Clan Mackay | Clan Ross | Clan Conflict
|
Clan MacDonald-Clan Maclean feud
(c. 1480–1598) Location: Lochaber and Inner Hebrides |
Various branches of Clan Donald | Clan Maclean | Clan Conflict
|
Clan MacDonald-Clan Mackenzie feud
(c. 1480–1602) Location: Ross |
Clan Donald | Clan Mackenzie
Supported by: |
Clan Conflict
|
Clan Cunningham-Clan Montgomery feud
(1488–1586) Location: Ayrshire |
Clan Cunningham | Clan Montgomery | Clan Conflict
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Clan Mackay-Clan Sutherland feud
(1517–1590) Location: Sutherland |
Clan Mackay | Clan Sutherland | Clan Conflict
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Clan Sutherland-Clan Sinclair feud
(1570–1601) Location: Sutherland |
Clan Sutherland | Clan Sinclair | Clan Conflict
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