Scottish Crown (Lowland clans loyal to the Duke of Albany)
Lordship of the Isles (Highland clans)
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles
Strength
Several thousand
Fewer than 10,000 (up to 40,000 by some accounts)
Casualties and losses
600 dead
900 dead
Registered battlefield
Designated
21 March 2011
Reference no.
BTL11
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Location within Scotland
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Clan Donald and Stewart royal family wars
Conflict between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
Dingwall
Harlaw
Conflict between Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross and James I of Scotland
Inverness (1429)
Lochaber
Inverlochy (1431)
Conflict between Aonghas Óg and James III of Scotland
Battle of Lagabraad
Conflict between John of Islay, Earl of Ross and James IV of Scotland
Blar Na Pairce (1491)
Raid on Ross (1491)
Drumchatt (1497)
Rebellion of Domhnall Dubh
Cairnburgh Castle (1504)
Achnashellach (1505)
The Battle of Harlaw (Scottish Gaelic: Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. It was one of a series of battles fought during the Middle Ages between the barons of northeast Scotland against those from the west coast.
The battle was part of a series of battles fought to resolve competing claims to the Earldom of Ross, a large region of northern Scotland. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, had taken control of the earldom ostensibly as guardian of his granddaughter Euphemia Leslie, but in truth, though Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles had the superior claim, Albany wanted Ross for his younger son, John. Donald, Lord of the Isles, had married Euphemia's aunt Mariota. Donald therefore invaded Ross with the intention of seizing the earldom by force and preventing Albany from taking all of Scotland.
The nearest contemporary record of the battle is found in the Irish Annals of Connacht, where under the year 1411, it is stated, “Mac Domnaill of Scotland won a great victory over the Galls of Scotland.” The 2011 article by Iain G. MacDonald, Donald of the Isles and the Earldom of Ross: West-Highland Perspectives on the Battle of Harlaw, also cites sources recording the victory.
^"Battle of Harlaw". UK Battlefields Resource Centre. The Battlefields Trust. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^Site Record for Harlaw, Battle of Harlaw, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
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