BattlefieldsBattle of Glenlivet 1594
Tudor

Battle of Glenlivet 1594

1594
Banffshire, Scotland
Also known as: Battle of Glenlivet Huntly vs Argyll
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Banffshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Argyll and government forces
Forces
c.4,000 Catholic Highland earls (Huntly and Erroll)
VS
Victor
Gordons (Huntly)
Forces
c.10,000 government forces
Outcome
Gordon earls rout the government army; Protestant campaign against Catholic earls fails
The Battle

History & Significance

The Gordon earls destroyed the government army at Glenlivet in 1594, demonstrating that the Crown could not easily suppress powerful Highland magnates through military force.

Casualties & Losses

Government force routed with heavy losses

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