What the records say
- When
- 9 Oct 1263
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 55.79° N, 4.87° W
- Description
- 1263 battle of the Scottish-Norwegian War
Battle of Largs
1263 battle of the Scottish-Norwegian War
The Battle of Largs was a battle between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde near Largs, Scotland. The conflict formed part of the Norwegian expedition against Scotland in 1263, in which Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway attempted to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the western seaboard of Scotland.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Largs: Scottish forces under Alexander Stewart rout a Viking invasion force led by Haakon IV at Largs in North Ayrshire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Largs zwischen norwegischen und schottischen Einheiten endet ohne eindeutigen Sieger”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “guerre écosso-norvégienne : les Norvégiens sont défaits par les Écossais à la bataille de Largs (Firth of Clyde) et cèdent les Hébrides à l'Écosse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Ларгсе между норвежцами и шотландцами, не выявившая превосходства ни одной из сторон”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Largs entre Noruega y Escocia por la soberanía de las islas escocesas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page