BattlefieldsMalcolm III Third Raid 1091
Medieval

Malcolm III Third Raid 1091

1091
Northumberland, England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
William Rufus and Robert Curthose with combined Anglo-Norman force
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Malcolm III of Scotland with Scottish army
Outcome
Malcolm raided deep into Northumberland; Rufus and Curthose mobilised; Malcolm withdrew before battle
The Battle

History & Significance

Malcolm III of Scotland mounted his third major raid into northern England in 1091, reaching as far south as Durham before William Rufus and Robert Curthose united to mount a counter-expedition. The raid demonstrated that Scottish pressure on northern England was unrelenting and that the Rufus government had not yet solved the strategic problem of the Scottish border despite the building of Newcastle upon Tyne a decade earlier.

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