Battle of Arkinholm

Battle of Arkinholm
Part of Stewart - Black Douglas civil war
Date 1 May 1455 Location Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway grid reference NY3684 [1] 55°9′N 3°0′W / 55.150°N 3.000°W / 55.150; -3.000 Result Decisive Royalist Victory
Belligerents
Scottish Crown	Black Douglases
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Angus Laird of Johnstone	Earl of Moray † Earl of Ormonde  Lord Balvenie

The Battle of Arkinholm was fought on 1 May 1455, at Arkinholm near Langholm in Scotland, during the reign of King James II of Scotland. Although a small action, involving only a few hundred troops, it was the decisive battle in a civil war between the king and the Black Douglases, the most powerful aristocratic family in the country. As the king's supporters won it was a significant step in the struggle to establish a relatively strong centralised monarchy in Scotland during the Late Middle Ages.