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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.
Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, pronounced [ˈɯʎam ˈuəl̪ˠəs̪]; Norman French: William le Waleys; c. 1270 – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling ...
May – a parliament meets in Perth to elect the Scottish delegation to the Westminster parliament.; 5 August – John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to King Edward of England, captures William Wallace and turns him over to English soldiers at Robroyston.
The letter dates from 1300 and was written by the King of France in support of the Scottish independence leader.
11 July 1274 – Robert the Bruce (died 1329) Full date unknown. c. 1270 – William Wallace (died 1305 in England) c. 1272 – Isabel Bruce (died 1358 in Norway) c. 1274 – John Comyn III of Badenoch (died 1306)
The Wallace Sword is an antique two-handed sword purported to have belonged to William Wallace (1270–1305), a Scottish knight who led a resistance to the English occupation of Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence. It is said to have been used by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and the Battle of ...
The following year William Wallace and Andrew Murrey raised forces to resist the occupation and under their joint leadership an English army was defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Murrey died of wounds after the battle and for a short time Wallace ruled Scotland in the name of John Balliol as Guardian of the realm. [4]
1305. 23 August – William Wallace (born c. 1270 in Scotland) 1306. Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (born 1270) 1307. 7 April – Joan of Acre, ...