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- The siege of Inverness Castle took place in 1562. When Mary, Queen of Scots, visited Inverness on 9 September 1562 the gates of the castle were shut in her face by Alexander Gordon upon the orders of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, who was chief of Clan Gordon and Sheriff of the county. The castle was subsequently besieged by supporters of the Queen. The siege lasted for three days and, when the castle fell, Alexander Gordon was hanged for treason. His head was displayed on the castle. Some key members of the garrison, which consisted of only 12 or 14 "able persons", were imprisoned, the others allowed to go free. The Queen slept at Inverness Castle on the nights of 11, 12, 13, and 14 September 1562, then moved on to Spynie Palace. She bought gunpowder and 15 tartan plaids for her lackeys and members of her household in Inverness. Alexander Mackenzie's later account of the siege includes the clans Mackenzie, Ross, Fraser, and Munro contributing to Queen Mary's rescue but only the Frasers and Munros are mentioned in the earliest account written by George Buchanan. Buchanan's account was originally written in Latin but was published in English by James Aikman in 1827, it reads: Upon hearing of the danger of their princess, a great number of the ancient Scots, partly by persuasion, and partly of their own accord, flocked around her, particularly the Frasers and Monros, the bravest of these tribes. When the queen found herself sufficiently strong, she laid siege to the castle, which having neither a sufficient garrison, not being properly fortified for sustaining an attack, surrendered, when the commanders were executed, and the men dismissed. The English diplomat Thomas Randolph recorded a remark made by Queen Mary at Inverness, who was in high spirits and undismayed in the conflict. When the night watch returned in the morning she regretted that she was "not a man to know what life it was to lie all night in the fields, or to walk upon the causeway with a jack and knapschall, a Glasgow buckler and a broad sword." (en)
- L'assedio di Inverness del 1562 (o assedio del castello di Inverness del 1562), fu un conflitto svoltosi nell'ambito delle guerre anglo-scozzesi tra i sostenitori di Maria Stuarda e degli aristocratici a lei opposti e favoriti dall'Inghilterra, capeggiati da George Gordon, IV conte di Huntly. Quando Maria Stuarda si portò in visita ad Inverness il 9 settembre 1562 i cancelli del castello le vennero chiusi dinnanzi da Alexander Gordon su ordine di George Gordon, IV conte di Huntly, il quale era capo clan del Clan Gordon e ricopriva l'incarico di sceriffo della contea. Il castello venne quindi assediato dai sostenitori della regina. L'assedio perdurò per tre giorni e, quando il castello cadde, Alexander Gordon venne impiccato per tradimento. La sua testa venne quindi spiccata dal corpo ed esposta sulla torre più alta del castello. Alcuni membri chiave ed ufficiali della guarnigione, composta da sole 12 o 14 persone "abili a combattere" vennero imprigionate, mentre agli altri fu concesso di andarsene. La regina dormì al castello di Inverness nelle notti dell'11, 12, 13 e 14 settembre 1562, quindi si mosse alla volta del palazzo Spynie. Portò con sé della polvere da sparo e 15 tartane per i membri della sua corte da Inverness. Così lo storico George Buchanan (che fu tra i primi a dare un resoconto dell'evento) scriveva: Dopo aver sentito che la loro principessa era in pericolo, un gran numero di antichi scoti, in parte per persuasione e in parte per loro accordo, le si fecero intorno, in particolare i Fraser ed i Monro, i membri più coraggiosi di queste tribù. Quando la regina si sentì sufficientemente forte, pose assedio al castello il quale, non disponendo di una sufficiente guarnigione, né essendo propriamente fortificato per sostenere un attacco, si arrese ed i [suoi] comandanti vennero giustiziati e gli uomini rilasciati. (it)
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- The siege of Inverness Castle took place in 1562. When Mary, Queen of Scots, visited Inverness on 9 September 1562 the gates of the castle were shut in her face by Alexander Gordon upon the orders of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, who was chief of Clan Gordon and Sheriff of the county. The castle was subsequently besieged by supporters of the Queen. (en)
- L'assedio di Inverness del 1562 (o assedio del castello di Inverness del 1562), fu un conflitto svoltosi nell'ambito delle guerre anglo-scozzesi tra i sostenitori di Maria Stuarda e degli aristocratici a lei opposti e favoriti dall'Inghilterra, capeggiati da George Gordon, IV conte di Huntly. Così lo storico George Buchanan (che fu tra i primi a dare un resoconto dell'evento) scriveva: (it)
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