Massacre of Glencoe

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
massacre
war crime
authorizedBy King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland
hasAftermath 1695 Scottish parliamentary inquiry
public outcry in Scotland
hasAlternativeName Glen Coe Massacre
linked to: Glencoe Massacre

Massacre of the MacDonalds of Glencoe
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
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
hasCommandingOfficer John Hill
Robert Campbell of Glenlyon
Thomas Livingstone
hasCommemoration memorial cross in Glencoe
hasConsequence additional deaths from exposure among fleeing MacDonalds
hasCountry Scotland
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
Scottish Highlands
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
linked to: Glorious Revolution

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
oathTakenLate true
orderedBy John Dalrymple, Master of Stair
Scottish Privy Council
partOfConflict Jacobite risings
perpetratedBy Scottish government troops
linked to: Scottish army

soldiers of the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment of Foot
relatedToMonarch Mary II
linked to: Mary II of England

William III
victim Clan MacDonald of Glencoe
MacDonald men, women and children

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Clan MacDonald historicalEventAssociation Massacre of Glencoe
subject linked to: clan MacDonald
Campbell family notableEventAssociation Massacre of Glencoe
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch notableEvent Glencoe–Keppoch feud
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
Massacre of Glencoe hasAlternativeName Massacre of the MacDonalds of Glencoe
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
Clan MacDonald of Glencoe notableEvent Massacre of Glencoe
Clan MacDonald of Glencoe sufferedEvent Massacre of Glencoe
The Corries notableWork The Massacre of Glencoe
linked to: Massacre of Glencoe
Glen Coe hasHistoricalEvent Massacre of Glencoe