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In this category we publish interesting and important historical events of the Clan Fraser of Lovat.

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Das 17. Jahrhundert und der Bürgerkrieg

1645 Die Schlacht von Auldearn 1645, in der Schlacht von Auldearn, in Nairnshire, widersetzte sich der Clan dem königlichen Führer James Graham, 1. Marquess of

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Clankonflikte im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert

Wie die meisten Highlander waren auch die Frasers unzählige Male in Clan-Kriege verwickelt, insbesondere gegen die Macdonalds. Zwei gälische Kriegsschreie der Frasers wurden allgemein anerkannt.

Crest Clan Fraser of Lovat
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Boll O’ Meal

At the time of Simon Fraser, the 11th Lord Lovat, there was another way increase the number of followers of the clan. It consisted of

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Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat “The old Fox”

Simon Fraser was variously described as ‘the Fox’ or “the most devious man in Scotland.” Those epithets were largely justified and he was certainly one

Battle of Haprew
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The Battle of Happrew

The Battle of Happrew took place on or about the 20th of February 1304. On that day in the leap year of 1304, the ragged-arsed

Loch Lochy Looking towards Meall na Teanga | Nigel Brown | CC BY-SA 2.0
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Battle of the Shirts

The Battle of the Shirts, also known as the Battle of Kinlochlochy, took place on what became known as ‘Blar na Léine’ or the ‘Field