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The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought between highland Scottish clans supporting James II and VII and government troops (mostly lowland Scots, often incorrectly labeled "English") supporting William of Orange on July 27, 1689, during the Glorious Revolution. Although it was a stunning victory for the Jacobites, it had little overall effect on the outcome of the war and with their leader dead, their forces were scattered at the Battle of Dunkeld the next month.
William of Orange, invited to England by a Parliament displeased to have a Catholic king invaded in 1688. King James fled the country December 23 and on February 1689, the English Parliament declaring that, by fleeing, James had abdicated, offered the throne jointly to William and Mary, the Protestant daughter of James to whom William owed his claim to the throne.
The Scots were divided on what to do. The Stuart line had sat at the head of the combined Scottish/English throne since 1603, and on the throne of Scotland for over 300 years. The politico-religious balance in Scotland differed from that in England: the Presbyterian majority tended to support King William, while the significant minority of Episcopalians and the few Catholics tended to support James. A Convention was called in Edinburgh to determine the Scottish government's course of action; it opened on March 14, 1689. The majority of the Convention backed William of Orange.
A number of people remained loyal to James, including many of the Highland clans and John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, a lowland Scot and Episcopalian. Dundee left the Convention, planning, with others loyal to King James (called Jacobites, from the Latin for James, "Jacobus") to summon another convention at Stirling in James' name. The others, irresolute, decided to attend the Edinburgh Convention once more, and asked Dundee to delay his departure. He refused, and with some retainers retired to his home, Dudhope Castle near Dundee. When summoned to lay down his arms and return to the Convention, he wrote back, pointing out that he was not, in fact, in arms, that there were threats against his life in Edinburgh, and that his wife was about to give birth, and requested that the summons be either revoked or delayed. Instead, the Estates declared him a rebel and a fugitive on March 30. On April 4, they declared that King James had forfeited the throne, and on April 11 offered it to William and Mary. Dundee raised the royal standard on Dundee Law, and left for the Highlands to raise an army.
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, Chief of Clan Cameron, had set about forming a confederation of highland clans loyal to James as soon as William had arrived in England, and Dundee was in contact with him. When Dundee went north, he was pursued by a governmental force of about 3,500, led by General Hugh Mackay of Scourie, a Highlander who had been in Dutch service with the Scots Brigade for many years. Dundee, moving quickly, outmanoeuvered Mackay, and on May 16 arrived in Glenroy, where the clans had been summoned to meet him on May 18. With a total of some 1800 men, Dundee marched, in hopes of meeting Mackay on grounds favorable to the Highlanders. Unable to do so, he retreated back to Glenroy, where he arrived on June 11. Many of the Highlanders returned to their homes, but some remained.