John Balliol (c.1249-1314) was the king of Scotland between 1292 and 1296, having used a distant claim to the throne to put an end to a power struggle that had begun with the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283-1290) in 1290. Balliol was eventually forced to abdicate after ...
November 17 (Julian calendar) –JohnBalliol is selected by King Edward IofEngland as Kingof Scotland, from among 13 competitors for the Crownof Scotland; Edward then treatsJohnas a puppet ruler andScotlandas a vassal state, eventually provoking the WarsofScottish Independence, commencing in 1296....
John Balliol (c.1249-1314) was a claimant to the Scottish throne who became king of Scotland between 1292 and 1296, putting an end to a succession crisis. Balliol ruled for only four years, abdicating after his defeat by English King Edward I (1239-1307) in 1296....
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However, there are no surviving records of homage and other possibilities remain, including perhaps that the penance called for Balliol's youngest son, John (II), the future King of Scotland, to be educated at a Durham school.doi:10.1179/174587005X68388Amanda G. Beam...
The narrative runs from the dispute for the crown of Scotland between Balliol and the first Robert, whom Barbour poetically identifies with his grandson, to the death of the Black Douglas in Spain while on his way to the Holy Land with the heart of Bruce. It pictures such events as ...
one a seneschal of Merton College in 1356 (probably the author of a weak chiliastic treatise entitled The Last Age of the Church, usually attributed to the Reformer [ed. Todd, Dublin, 1840]), another who was master of Balliol College in 1340, and still another who was vicar of Mayfield...
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The new king of Scots, his brother-in-law, David II, was a mere boy, and Edward took advantage of his weakness to aid the Scottish barons who had been exiled by Bruce to place their leader, Edward Balliol, on the Scottish throne. David II fled to France, but Balliol was despised as...