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The Jacobite rising of 1689 was a conflict fought primarily in the Scottish Highlands, whose objective was to put James VII back on the throne, following his deposition by the November 1688 Glorious Revolution. Named after "Jacobus", the Latin for James, his supporters were known as 'Jacobites' and the associated political movement as Jacobitism.
Pages in category "People of the Jacobite rising of 1689" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and ...
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage (8 August 1650 – 25 January 1715), was a Scottish politician and close advisor to James VII & II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and his brother the Earl of Perth consistently urged James not to compromise with his opponents, contributing to his increasing ...
Owing to his father's ill health, Macdonald led his clan in support of James VII in the Jacobite rising of 1689, during which the clan suffered heavy casualties at the Battle of Killiecrankie on the Jacobite extreme left wing. His father's clan subsequently made peace with the Williamite government.
Coll Macdonald, 16th of Keppoch (c. 1664–1729), was a Scottish clan chief and prominent Jacobite, active in both the 1715 Jacobite rebellion and Dundee's rising of 1689. He was chief of the Macdonalds of Keppoch, holding land in Lochaber.
Jacobitism [c] was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the Catholic House of Stuart to the British throne.When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled he had "abandoned" the English throne, which was given to his Protestant daughter Mary II of England, and her husband William III. [1]
Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1689 (1 C) P. People of the Jacobite rising of 1689 (14 P) W. Williamite War in Ireland (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Jacobite ...
27 July – first Jacobite rising: Scottish Covenanter supporters of William and Mary (under Hugh Mackay) are defeated by Jacobite supporters of James at the Battle of Killiecrankie but the latter's leader, John Graham, Viscount Dundee, is killed.