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Battle of Mortlach

Name: Battle of Mortlach – Scotland factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Scotland · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1011Date range

4Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1011

Dunbar of Laudian1011

Mortlach · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Killed at the Battle of Mortlach

Graeme of Strathern1011

Mortlach · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Killed at the Battle of Mortlach

Kenneth of the Isles1011

Mortlach · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Killed at the Battle of Mortlach

Malcolm I1011

Balvenie Castle · Warfare / Viking Invasions

The Scots persue & then slaughter the Viking raiders

Malcolm I1011

Mortlach · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Promises to build a cathedral on the site of the battle. Prays to God & St Moluag for victory. Defeats Sweyn Forbeard at the Battle of Mortlach

Names involved

Dunbar of LaudianGraeme of StrathernKenneth of the IslesMalcolm I

Provenance

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