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Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, pronounced [ˈɯʎam ˈuəl̪ˠəs̪]; Norman French: William le Waleys; [2] c. 1270 [3] – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
The remains of Rob Roy MacGregor's house in upper Glen Shira. Despite having fought on opposing sides during the 1715 rising, MacGregor and his family moved immediately afterwards to Glen Shira, where they lived under the protection of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, also known as Red John of the Battles, "Iain Ruaidh nan Cath".
Scottish mythology is the collection of myths that have emerged throughout the history of Scotland, ... the great hero Cúchulainn, and of their friends, lovers, and ...
King Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), Scotland's hero king and greatest warrior; Calgacus; Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c. 1700–1748), Jacobite commander during the 1745 rising; Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), Republican Covenanter and founder of the "Cameronians" Lady Agnes Campbell (1526–1601), military leader in Ireland
He fought successfully during his reign to restore Scotland to an independent kingdom and is regarded in Scotland as a national hero. Robert was a fourth-great-grandson of King David I, and his grandfather, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne during the "Great Cause". [1]
The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia , inhabited by the Picti , whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall .
Dornadilla, fourth legendary king according to George Buchanan; painting by Jacob Jacobsz de Wet the Younger in the commission from Charles II for Holyrood Palace.. The Scottish Renaissance humanist George Buchanan gave a long list of Scottish Kings in his history of Scotland—published in Latin as Rerum Scoticarum Historia in 1582 [1] [2] —most of whom are now considered by historians to ...
It was to remain in Scottish hands for the next fifteen years. Four years later Edward mounted what was to be his last invasion of Scotland, advancing to the gates of Edinburgh. Bruce had pursued a scorched-earth campaign, denying the enemy essential supplies, so effective that they were forced to retreat by the spur of starvation alone.