The siege of Carlisle may refer to:

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Siege of Carlisle (1315) The siege of Carlisle took place from 22 July to 1 August 1315, during the First War of Scottish Independence, near the town of Carlisle, in Cumbria, England. Following victory at Bannockburn in 1314, Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, la ...

Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c. 1270 – 3 March 1323), alternatively Andreas de Harcla, was an important English military leader in the borderlands with Scotland during the reign of Edward II. Coming from a knightly family in Wes ...

, drove off Robert I of Scotland from a siege of Carlisle *

Siege of Carlisle (1644) The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces loyal ...

, Covenanters besiege but fail to take Carlisle, being held by Royalist

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – 21 May 1650) was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier, Lord Lieutenant, lord lieutenant and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wa ...

Siege of Carlisle (1645) The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces lo ...

, Covenanters under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, besiege and take Carlisle from a Royalist garrison in 1645 *

Siege of Carlisle (November 1745) The First Siege of Carlisle was an important event of the 1745–1746 Jacobite rising. Jacobite forces loyal to Prince Charles Edward Stuart captured the city of Carlisle and Carlisle Castle on 14–15 November 1745. Background Jacobite le ...

, the Jacobite Army under Charles Edward Stuart besiege and take Carlisle *

Siege of Carlisle (December 1745) The siege of Carlisle (December 1745) took place from 21 to 30 December during the Jacobite rising of 1745, when a Jacobite garrison surrendered to government forces led by the Duke of Cumberland. The town had been captured by the Jacobite ...

, British forces under the Duke of Cumberland besiege and retake Carlisle

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