Pinkie, Battle of

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Pinkie, Battle of, took place in 1547 when the Duke of Somerset, Protector of England, led an army into Scotland to try to enforce a marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots, and the young Prince Edward (later Edward VI of England). Somerset won the battle, but he lost any chance of establishing a union between the English and Scottish crowns when the Scots sent Mary to the court of France.

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