The Gordons under the first Earl of Huntly fought alongside James II against the Douglas-aligned Earl of Crawford at Brechin. The battle confirmed Gordon power in the northeast and began their century-long dominance of Aberdeenshire. Huntly was rewarded with further lands and titles, beginning the rise that would make them the premier Catholic noble family of Scotland.
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