 Clan Cunningham Crest: Over Fork Over Clan Cunningham is a Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a chief, therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan. Image File history File links CunninghamCrest. ...
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Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans (from Old Gaelic clann, children), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which...
An armigerous clan or Family, is a Scottish clan the chief of which has matriculated arms with the Lyon Office. ...
History
Origins of the Clan The first known Cunningham was Warnebald Cunningham and then his son Robertus Cunningham. Warnebald was granted the lands of Cunninghame by Hugh de Morville in around 1115. Robertus received the lands of Cunningham between the years 1160 and 1180. The Clan Cunningham were well settled in their lands and the parish of Kilmaurs by the late 13th century. Kilmaurs, a town in the Cunningham division of Ayrshire, Scotland, on the Carmel, 211 miles south by west of Glasgow by the Glasgow & South-Western railway. ...
Scottish-Norwegian War The Clan Cunningham fought for King Alexander III of Scotland at the Battle of Largs in 1263. As a result, for this service Hervy de Cunningham, the son of the Laird of Cunningham received a charter from King Alexander III of Scotland confirming all of their lands. Coronation of King Alexander on Moot Hill, Scone. ...
The Battle of Largs took place in Largs, North Ayrshire in 1263 between Scotland and the forces of King Magnus III of Man and the Isles as well as the manxmens ally, King Haakon IV of Norway. ...
Coronation of King Alexander on Moot Hill, Scone. ...
14th Century & Wars of Scottish Independence During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Clan Cunningham supported King Robert the Bruce of Scotland. Although their name previously appears on the Ragman Roll in 1296 where they swear allegiance to King Edward I of England. As a reward for supporting King Robert the Bruce of Scotland the Clan Cunningham were given the lands of Lamburgton to add to their existing lands. Image File history File linksMetadata CunninghamTartan. ...
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The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between Scotland and England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. ...
Robert I (Mediaeval Gaelic:Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; 11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ...
After the death of Queen Margaret in 1291, there were a number of claimants to the Scottish throne. ...
Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1] and Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who kept Scotland under English domination during his lifetime. ...
Robert I (Mediaeval Gaelic:Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; 11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ...
Later during the 14th century Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs was one of the Scottish noblemen who were offered to the English as a substitute for the captured King David II of Scotland David II (March 5, 1324 – February 22, 1371) king of Scotland, son of King Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (d. ...
His son William married Margaret, the elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Denniston and through her acquired substantial lands, including Finlaystone in Refrewshire and Glencairn in Dumfriesshire.
15th Century & Clan Conflicts In 1421 Henry Cunningham the third son of William Cunningham leads the Cunninghams at the Battle of Beauge. Combatants France, Scotland England Commanders John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence †Strength 5,000 1,500 Casualties light heavy The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and the Franco-Scots on March 21, 1421 in Baugé, France, east of Angers, was one...
Sir Williams grandson Alexander Cunningham was made Lord Kilmaurs in 1462 and later made the first Earl of Glencairn. During the revolt against King James III of Scotland Alexander brought a substaintial force to support the King and defeated the rebels at the Battle of Blackness. James III of Scotland (1451/ 1452 – June 11, 1488), son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488. ...
In 1488 the Clan Montgomery burned down the Clan Cunningham's Kerelaw Castle. Also in 1488 Alexander Cunningham the first Earl of Glencairn is killed leading the clan in support of King James III of Scotland at the Battle of Sauchieburn. Soon after King James IV of Scotland revokes all titles given out by his father over the last twenty years. Alexander Cunningham's son Robert Cunningham is stripped of his title of 2nd Earl of Glencairn. Clan Montgomery crest: Garde bien (Watch well) Clan Montgomery is a Lowland Scottish clan. ...
James III of Scotland (1451/ 1452 – June 11, 1488), son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488. ...
The Battle of Sauchieburn was fought on June 11, 1488, at the side of Sauchie Burn, a brook about two miles south of Stirling, Scotland. ...
James IV (March 17, 1473 – September 9, 1513) was king of Scotland from 1488 to 1513. ...
16th Century & Clan Conflicts During the 16th century the long running feud continued between the Clan Montgomery and the Clan Cunningham. Eglington House was burned down and the Montomery chief, 4th Earl of Eglington was killed by the Cunninghams. The government of King James VI of Scotland eventually managed to get the rival chiefs to shake hands. Clan Montgomery crest: Garde bien (Watch well) Clan Montgomery is a Lowland Scottish clan. ...
James VI and I King of England, Scotland and Ireland James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. ...
In 1526 Cuthbert the 3rd Earl of Glencairn is wounded in a failed attempt to rescue King James V of Scotland from the Clan Douglas at the Battle of Linlithgow. James V (April 10, 1512 – December 14, 1542) was king of Scotland (September 9, 1513 – December 14, 1542). ...
Clan Douglas Crest: Jamais arriere (Never behind) Douglas is the name of an ancient Lowland Scottish clan originating in South Lanarkshire which since spread through the Scottish Borderland, Angus, Lothian and beyond. ...
In 1542 William Cunningham the 4th Earl of Glencairn leads the clan where against the English at the Battle of Solway Moss where he is captured. He was released for a ransom of £1000. Solway Moss is a moss (lowland peat bog), in Cumbria, England, lying next to the River Sark which marks the Scottish border. ...
The fifth Earl of Glecairn also called Alexander Cunningham was a Protestant reformer. He was also a patron of the reformer John Knox. In 1556 John Knox performed the first Protestant Reformed Communion service on Easter Sunday under a Yew tree at Finlaystone for the 5th Earl. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...
For other persons named John Knox, see John Knox (disambiguation). ...
In 1568 Alexander Cunningham the 5th Earl of Glencairn leads the clan at the Battle of Langside near Glasgow. The Battle of Langside was a battle fought on May 13, 1568 between the forces of Mary Queen of Scots and a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother (who won the battle). ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
The Clan Cunningham fought against Mary Queen of Scots at the Battle of Carbery Hill where she was defeated. The Chief of the Clan Cunningham was one of the commanders at this battle. Alexander Cunningham is also reported to have ordered the destruction of the Chapel Royal at Holyrood. Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart or Stewart) (December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was the ruler of Scotland from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567. ...
The Chapel Royal did not originally refer to a building but an establishment in the Royal Household. ...
The name Holyrood may refer to: the official seat of the Scottish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament Building Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh Holyrood Park near Edinburgh, facing the palace one of the areas of Edinburgh Holyrood is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid (holy cross). ...
17th Century & Civil War In 1643 Chief William Cunningham leads the clan at the Battle of Kilayth to rescue the King from Oliver Cromwell but he is defeated.
During the Civil War the Clan Cunningham supported King Charles II. The ninth Earl of Glencairn, William Cunningham, raised a force of over 5000 in 1653 to oppose General Monck, who was the governor of Scotland. In August of the same year William Cunningham went to Lochearn in Perthshire where he met with some of the Chiefs of the Highland clans, with a body of men he then took possession of Elgin in 1654. Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I...
Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) was a county in central Scotland, which extended from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. ...
18th Century & Jacobite Uprisings During the Jacobite Uprisings the Clan Cunningham supported the British government. The Cunninghams fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 where Captain Cunningham commanded the British artillery which fired Grapeshot at the advancing Jacobites. Combatants British Army Jacobite Forces Commanders William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender Strength ca. ...
Grapeshot was a kind of anti-personnel ammunition used in cannons. ...
Castles Clan Cunnigham castles include: - Finlaystone Castle was the ancestrial seat of the Clan Cunningham Chief and the Earl of Glencairn between 1401 and 1863.
- Kerelaw Castle was owned by the Clan Cunningham from the 15th century.
- Auchenharvie Castle owned by the Cunninghams from at least the 17th century.
- Dumbarton Castle was where four Cunninghams served as governers from as early as the 16th century. Inside is a coat of arms displaying the governers that served in the castle, spanning eight centuries from 1264 to 1996. The first three Cunningham coat of arms displayed are: 1571; John Cunningham the 6th Drumquhassil, 1692; John Cunningham the 11th Earl of Glencairn and 1714; Colonel William Cunningham the 12th earl of Glencairn. There was also a fourth Cunningham governer in the in the 20th century: 1995; Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham the 16th of Gartmore.
The coat of arms of the Cunninghames, Earls of Glencairn as recorded in 1820 (Robertson) . The title of Earl of Glencairn was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1488 and became dormant upon the death of the fourteenth earl in 1796. ...
Kerelaw Castle in 2006. ...
Auchenharvie Castle is a former castle in North Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Great Britain. ...
See also Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans (from Old Gaelic clann, children), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which...
An armigerous clan or Family, is a Scottish clan the chief of which has matriculated arms with the Lyon Office. ...
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