Royalist Scottish army

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The Royalist Scottish army was the force raised in Scotland to support Charles II and the Stuart monarchy against the English Parliamentarian regime during the Third English Civil War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Scottish Royalists 2
Royalist Scottish army canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military force
activePeriodEnd 1651
activePeriodStart 1650
allegiance Charles II of England
House of Stuart
Royalists
baseOfOperations Scotland
conflict Third English Civil War
country Kingdom of Scotland
disbandedAfter Battle of Worcester (1651)
surface form: Battle of Worcester
engagement Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Battle of Inverkeithing
surface form: Battle of Inverkeithing (1651)

Battle of Worcester (1651)
surface form: Battle of Worcester
formedToSupport Charles II of Scotland
surface form: Charles II as King of Scots
governmentSupported Scottish Covenanter regime aligned with Charles II
historicalEra 17th century
languageOfCommand English
Scots
notableCommander Charles II of England
David Leslie, Lord Newark
opponent New Model Army
opposedTo Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliamentarians
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms
purpose defence of Scotland against English invasion
restoration of the Stuart monarchy
status disbanded
theatreOfOperations England
Scotland
typeOfWarfare early modern land warfare

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third English Civil War opposingForce Royalist Scottish army
Battle of Inverkeithing belligerent Royalist Scottish army
this entity surface form: Scottish Royalists
Scottish Covenanter army opposedTo Royalist Scottish army
this entity surface form: Scottish Royalists