Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles

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medieval conflict territorial dispute

The Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles was a 13th-century struggle between the Kingdoms of Scotland and Norway for control of the Hebrides and surrounding islands, culminating in Scottish sovereignty after the Treaty of Perth in 1266.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Scottish–Norwegian War	6
Norwegian expeditions to Scotland in 1263	1
Scottish–Norwegian Wars	1
Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval conflict ⓘ territorial dispute ⓘ
cause	Norwegian attempt to maintain control over Norse-Gaelic kingdoms ⓘ Scottish desire to extend royal authority over western seaboard ⓘ
conflictBetween	Kingdom of Norway ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
conflictOver	Scottish Islands ⓘ surface form: Hebrides Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Outer Hebrides ⓘ surface form: Western Isles surrounding islands in the Irish Sea ⓘ
culminatedIn	Treaty of Perth ⓘ
endDate	1266 ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Battle of Largs ⓘ Norwegian expedition of 1263 ⓘ Scottish campaigns in Argyll and the Isles ⓘ negotiations leading to the Treaty of Perth ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent	Alexander II of Scotland ⓘ Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ Haakon IV of Norway ⓘ Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
involvesGroup	Gaelic lords of western Scotland ⓘ Norse-Gaelic rulers of the Isles ⓘ
involvesRegion	Argyll and Bute ⓘ surface form: Argyll Scottish Islands ⓘ surface form: Hebrides Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Kintyre ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Latin ⓘ Middle Irish ⓘ surface form: Middle Gaelic Old Norwegian ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
legalSettlement	Treaty of Perth ⓘ
locatedIn	British Isles ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic
outcome	decline of Norwegian influence in the Irish Sea region ⓘ integration of the Hebrides into the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scottish–Norwegian Wars
result	Norwegian renunciation of claims to the Hebrides ⓘ Norwegian renunciation of claims to the Isle of Man ⓘ Scottish sovereignty over the Hebrides ⓘ Scottish sovereignty over the Isle of Man ⓘ
startDate	13th century ⓘ
treatyDate	1266 ⓘ
treatyParty	Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
treatyProvision	Norwegian retention of Orkney and Shetland ⓘ Scottish payment of monetary compensation to Norway ⓘ cession of Hebrides to Scotland ⓘ cession of Isle of Man to Scotland ⓘ