John Balliol
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John Balliol, known derisively as Toom Tabard, was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life. After the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, Scotland entered an interregnum duri
The seal of John Balliol
John Balliol and his wife
William Wallace
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Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
John Balliol
…ancestral estates at Hélicourt, Picardy. Over the next few years, there were several Scottish rebellions against Edward (for example, in 1297 under William Wallace and Andrew Moray). When Wallace was chosen as commander, he claimed to act in the name of his king, John Balliol. This claim came to look increasingly…
First known depiction of Sir William Wallace by the 11th Earl of Buchan
Statue of Wallace at Edinburgh Castle
Wallace statue by D. W. Stevenson on the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
The later Stirling Bridge