Battle of Arkinholm

Battle of Arkinholm
	Part of Stewart - Black Douglas civil war
Date	1 May 1455
Location	Langholm, Dumfries and Gallowaygrid reference NY3684 ; 55°9′N 3°0′W
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.

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