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Invasion of Western Isles

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

2Records
1262–1263Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1262

Alexander III1262

Western Isles · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Haakon launches an invasion of the Western Isles in order to defend them from Alexander III

1263

Alexander III15 December 1263

Western Isles · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Haakon is forced to leave the Western Isles & dies on is way to the Orkneys

Names involved

Alexander III

Provenance

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