Battle of Sauchieburn

When

20 Jun 1488

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

56.07° N, 3.92° W

Description

1488 battle in Scotland

1488 battle in Scotland

The Battle of Sauchieburn was fought on 11 June 1488, at the side of Sauchie Burn, a stream about two miles (3 km) south of Stirling, Scotland. The battle was fought between the followers of King James III of Scotland and a large group of rebellious Scottish nobles including the future Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home, who were nominally led by the king's 15-year-old son, James, Duke of Rothesay.

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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 “King James III of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn, in a rebellion in which his son, James, Duke of Rothesay, is on the other side”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jacques III d'Écosse meurt dans des conditions obscures après sa défaite lors de la bataille de Sauchieburn, près de Stirling”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page