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Battle of Elgin

United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Elgin (1040), part of the Scottish War of Succession. Macbeth, Denmark defeated Duncan II.

Belligerents3

  • Macbeth
  • Denmark
  • Duncan II

Conflict graph

PART OFEarly Scottish dynastic wars

Sources

  1. HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
  2. Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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