Massacre of Glencoe

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historical event massacre war crime

The Massacre of Glencoe was a 1692 atrocity in the Scottish Highlands in which government troops, having accepted the MacDonalds’ hospitality, murdered members of the clan under orders tied to their delayed oath of allegiance to the new monarchs William III and Mary II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Massacre of Glencoe canonical	2
Glencoe–Keppoch feud	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ
authorizedBy	King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAftermath	1695 Scottish parliamentary inquiry ⓘ public outcry in Scotland ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Glen Coe Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ Massacre of the MacDonalds of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory	1692 in Scotland ⓘ Jacobitism in Scotland ⓘ Massacres in Scotland ⓘ
hasCause	delayed oath of allegiance to William III and Mary II ⓘ implementation of the 1691 indemnity and pardon proclamation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	breach of guest-right ⓘ violation of Highland hospitality ⓘ
hasClanTarget	Clan MacDonald of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommandingOfficer	John Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Campbell of Glenlyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Livingstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommemoration	memorial cross in Glencoe ⓘ
hasConsequence	additional deaths from exposure among fleeing MacDonalds ⓘ
hasCountry	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDate	1692-02-13 ⓘ
hasEstimatedFatalities	approximately 30 to 40 killed directly ⓘ
hasFinding	massacre was a murder under trust ⓘ
hasLegacy	frequent subject of Scottish songs and literature ⓘ lasting symbol of government betrayal in Highland memory ⓘ
hasLocation	Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMethod	killing of hosts by billeted soldiers ⓘ surprise attack at night ⓘ
hasMotive	to deter further Jacobite resistance ⓘ to make an example of a Highland clan ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext	aftermath of the Glorious Revolution ⓘ effort to pacify the Highlands ⓘ
hasPrecedingEvent	Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689 NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacobite resistance to Williamite regime ⓘ
hasYear	1692 ⓘ
involvesOath	oath of allegiance to William III and Mary II ⓘ
oathDeadline	1692-01-01 ⓘ
oathTakenBy	Alastair MacIain of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
oathTakenLate	true ⓘ
orderedBy	John Dalrymple, Master of Stair NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfConflict	Jacobite risings NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetratedBy	Scottish government troops NERFINISHED ⓘ soldiers of the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment of Foot ⓘ
relatedToMonarch	Mary II NERFINISHED ⓘ William III NERFINISHED ⓘ
victim	Clan MacDonald of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ MacDonald men, women and children ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

clan MacDonald → historicalEventAssociation → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ

subject surface form: Clan MacDonald

Campbell family → notableEventAssociation → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ

Clan MacDonald of Keppoch → notableEvent → Massacre of Glencoe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glencoe–Keppoch feud