events
Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
Related Wikipedia articles
Battle of Tippermuir
Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Battle of Tippermuir was the first battle James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose, fought for King Charles I in the Scottish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. During the battle, Montrose's Royalist forces routed an army of the Covenanter-dominated Scottish government…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
Scottish nobleman and soldier (1612–1650)
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss
17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649) was a Scottish politician.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Covenanters
17th-century Scottish Presbyterians
Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated in disputes with James VI and his son Charles I over church organisation and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cavalier
Royalist supporter in the English Civil War
The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration. It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. Although…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)