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Edward Balliol (Scottish Gaelic: Èideard Balliol;[1] c. 1283 – 1367) was a claimant to the Scottish throne during the Second War of Scottish Independence. With English help, he ruled parts of the kingdom from 1332 to 1356. He was the eldest son of John Balliol, erstwhile King of Scots, and Isabella de Warenne, daughter of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Alice de Lusignan. Alice was ...
10 de out. de 2023 · The ‘disinherited’ barons and Edward II’s successor, Edward III, were waiting in the wings to usurp the young king and place Edward Balliol, son of King John, on Scotland’s throne. In 1333, Edward III defeated the Scots near Berwick, and David was evacuated to France where he stayed until 1341 when he was able to return and take control of Scotland, aged just 17.
Edward était cependant déterminé à affirmer ce qu'il considérait comme ses droits à la suzeraineté; et Balliol trouva impossible de maintenir l'indépendance de son royaume. En 1295, les nobles écossais ont pris le pouvoir des mains de Balliol, ont fait une alliance avec l'ennemi d'Edward Philip IV de France et se sont préparés à défier Edward.
However, Edward Balliol's time in England has received little attention from historians, neither has his life on the continent until 1329 when he may have ended a marriage to Margherita of Taranto in order to return to the British Isles to claim the Scottish throne after the death of Robert Bruce in 1329.
Edward Balliol. Edward Balliol ( Scottish Gaelic: Èideard Balliol; [1] c. 1283 – 1367) was a claimant to the throne of Scotland. He claimed the throne from 1314-1356, but reigned only from 1332-1336. He was the eldest son of John Balliol and thus the heir to the Scottish throne after him. However, John was deposed by Robert I and William ...
Edward now dropped the pretence, declaring open support for Edward Balliol in violation of the Treaty of Northampton, and thus launching what was soon to be the Second War of Scottish Independence. Re-equipped and rearmed, Edward Balliol led his second invasion of Scotland in the spring of 1333, crossing the border and laying siege to Berwick-upon-Tweed .
The price of Edward's support was a large slice of southern Scotland. In 1332, during the minority of David II (son of Robert I), Edward Balliol invaded Scotland by sea, landing at Kinghorn in Fife. He defeated a feudal army at Dupplin in Perthshire, on 12 August, and was 'crowned' at Scone on 24 September. Three months later, this puppet king ...
