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Siege of Inverness

Siege of Inverness was a siege conducted on 11 September 1562 at Inverness, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Scottish clan. The recorded result: Fraser & Munro victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Inverness Castle, Inverness, Scotland in March 2011
Inverness Castle, Inverness, Scotland in March 2011. QuintusPetillius, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought11 September 1562
WhereInverness, United Kingdom57.476N, 4.226W
OutcomeFraser & Munro victory
BelligerentsSupporters of Mary, Queen of Scots: Clan Fraser of Lovat; Clan MunroagainstSupporters of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly: Clan Gordon
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part ofScottish clan

Where it sits in Scottish clan

Battle of Dingwall, 1411Battle of Black Mount, 1497Battle of Melrose, 1526Siege of Inverness, 1562Battle of Logiebride, 159714111597Siege of Inverness, 1562
5 placed engagements of Scottish clan in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date11 September 1562
to 11 September 1562
PlaceInverness, United Kingdom
57.476N, 4.226W
KindSiege, early modern
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 10 times between 1429 and 1746.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1562

Siege of Inverness is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510099, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Inverness (1562), revision 1370741986, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.