Qualla: Battle of Alnwick (1174) https://qualla.com/battle-of-alnwick-1174 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Alnwick (1174) https://qualla.com/battle-of-alnwick-1174 Battle of Alnwick (1174): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-alnwick-1174/ William the Lion, king of Scotland, had spread his army too thin around Alnwick. He had let the columns wander. He had let one detachment under the Earl of Fife range south to Warkworth and burn down the church of St Lawrence with refugees still inside it. He was eating breakfast outside his tent on the morning of 13 July 1174 when an English column led by Ranulf de Glanvill came out of the heavy fog with four hundred mounted knights and a bodyguard of perhaps sixty men was all that stood between the king of Scotland and an English chain. The fight did not last long. His horse was killed under him. He was captured alive and shipped to a castle in Normandy.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/g/battle-of-alnwick-1174-wp/gcyg-battle-of-alnwick-1174-the-mistake-at-alnwick.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Alnwick (1174): Lost in Fog https://qualla.com/battle-of-alnwick-1174/ On the night of 11 July, four hundred mounted knights left Newcastle and rode north toward Alnwick. Their commander was Ranulf de Glanvill, a Suffolk lord who would later serve Henry II as chief justiciar of England. The column contained seasoned knights, some of whom had fought ...

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