![]() ![]() James's response displeased the Scots, and persuaded them to accept William as their King. ![]() The Scottish Parliament was more cautious and requested letters from him and James VII (ousted as James II of England). ![]() In 1688, William, Prince of Orange, accepted an invitation to take the throne of England, glad to enlist English help in his wars with Catholic France. Another forty women and children died of exposure after their homes were burned. Thirty-eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality, on the grounds that the MacDonalds had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary. The massacre began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen-Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon-although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. This incident is referred to as the Massacre of Glencoe, or in Scottish Gaelic Mort Ghlinne Comhann (murder of Glen Coe). Early in the morning of 12 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite uprising of 1689 led by John Graham of Claverhouse, a massacre took place in Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland. ![]()
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