Balliol supporters assisted by: Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Fife Lord Liddesdale Alexander Seton †
Edward Balliol Henry de Beaumont
Strength
~4,000
1,500 • 500 men-at-arms • 1,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
90, 900 or 1,000
Unknown, but few, if any
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Second War of Scottish Independence
1332
Kinghorn
Dupplin Moor
Annan
1333–1335
Dornock
Berwick (1333)
Halidon Hill
Boroughmuir
Culblean
1346
Neville's Cross
1355–1356
Nesbit Moor
Berwick (1355 & 1356)
Burnt Candlemas
Peace treaty
Berwick (1357)
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Scottish Independence Wars
First
Second
Later Anglo-Scottish Wars
Wester Kinghorn
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The location of the battle within modern Fife
The Battle of Kinghorn was fought on 6 August 1332 at Wester Kinghorn (now Burntisland), Fife, Scotland. An invading seaborne force of 1,500 men was commanded by Edward Balliol and Henry Beaumont, Earl of Buchan. A Scottish army, possibly 4,000 strong, commanded by Duncan, Earl of Fife, and Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale (an illegitimate son of King Robert the Bruce) was defeated with heavy loss. Balliol was the son of King John Balliol and was attempting to make good his claim to be the rightful king of Scotland. He hoped that many of the Scots would desert to him.
Balliol and Beaumont's forces were still disembarking from their ships when the Scots attacked them. The Scots pressed hard, but were beaten off by English longbowmen and some supporting infantry even before Balliol's men-at-arms could get ashore. The Scottish losses are disputed, but included several nobles. The invaders fought the main Scottish army five days later at the Battle of Dupplin Moor and inflicted a crushing defeat. Balliol was crowned king of Scotland on 24 September.
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