Burning of Edinburgh in 1544

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event in the War of the Rough Wooing military operation sack

The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 was an English assault and large-scale destruction of Scotland’s capital during Henry VIII’s campaign to force a marriage alliance in the War of the Rough Wooing.

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Label	Occurrences
Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ military operation ⓘ sack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Burning of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sack of Edinburgh (1544) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	English attempt to force a marriage between Prince Edward and Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
commander	Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	War of the Rough Wooing NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	deepening of the War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ heightened anti-English sentiment in Scotland ⓘ significant civilian hardship in Edinburgh ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
date	May 1544 ⓘ
documentedIn	English state papers of Henry VIII’s reign NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish chronicles of the 16th century ⓘ
endDate	11 May 1544 ⓘ
followedBy	further English raids in the War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
historicalContext	Anglo-Scottish Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	16th century ⓘ
involvedOrganization	English Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish militia ⓘ
involvedPerson	Mary, Queen of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Edward (later Edward VI of England) NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	coerce Scotland into accepting the Treaty of Greenwich ⓘ
orderedBy	Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	English strategy of intimidation against Scotland ⓘ Henry VIII’s Scottish campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Treaty of Greenwich (1543) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	English victory ⓘ devastation of Leith ⓘ failure to secure Scottish agreement to marriage alliance ⓘ large-scale destruction of Edinburgh ⓘ
startDate	3 May 1544 ⓘ
target	civic buildings in Edinburgh ⓘ harbour facilities at Leith ⓘ private houses in Edinburgh ⓘ
usedForceType	amphibious landing ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry assault ⓘ naval bombardment ⓘ

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War of the Rough Wooing → notableEvent → Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 ⓘ