“We thought that Robert the Bruce, the king of Scotland ... When King Alexander III died in 1286 without an obvious heir, John Balliol, lord of Barnard Castle, seized the Scottish throne.

John Balliol and Robert Bruce (grandfather of the more famous Robert Bruce who fought at Bannockburn). John Balliol had the most lawful claim, since he was descended from a male ancestor of ...

But what if 16 years earlier at Falkirk the army of William Wallace, fighting to restore John Balliol to the Scottish throne ... end in triumph and Falkirk in terrible defeat? Robert Bruce was an ...

In 1386, John of Gaunt ... This left Scotland subdued until William Wallace and Robert the Bruce declared insurrection, with the latter assuming the crown. It led to decades of war between Bruce and ...

On his deathbed, Robert the Bruce asked his close friend ... reclaiming territory for John Balliol, the King of Scots. He later joined forces with Wallace ahead of the battle. While Braveheart ...

The two main competitors were Robert de Brus (grandfather of Robert the Bruce) and John Balliol. With civil war brewing in Scotland, the Guardians asked Edward I to arbitrate. Due to the tight ...

John Balliol, and Robert the Bruce respectively, are more common finds. Some of the coins from the Hambleden Hoard – Credit Sid Perry, SWNS “After finding the hoard, and then clearing the area ...

IN this week’s historical article, we take a look at the Pembrokeshire link to Scottish king Robert the Bruce. Isabel Marshal was born ... but he was unsuccessful, with John Balliol given the crown ...

Two of the most powerful contenders were “Robert the Competitor,” who was the grandfather of Robert the Bruce, and John Balliol, who was endorsed by England. The Bruces of Scotland were originally “de ...

He ceded the title to Robert the Bruce, the future king, and John Comyn, King John Balliol’s nephew (who Robert the Bruce eventually murdered). 5. After Falkirk, William Wallace went to France ...

FRIDAY marked the 716th anniversary of the coronation of Robert the Bruce as ... forced into exile by Edward I: John Balliol, and many Scots – including the Comyns – still supported his right to the ...