The Protector Of The Scots And The Hammer Of The Scots

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in 1281, this of course was an attempt to create a bond with Norway, Unfortunately he was informed that his daughter had died and quickly realized he had no heir to the throne. King Alexander III had to get married and quickly! The King does marry a Counts daughter in 1284 however this is a little too late for the throne of Scotland. Shortly after his second marriage, the King is drinking one ill-fated evening with his nobles. He gets the notion to go and pay his new bride a visit, unfortunately this is a dark and stormy evening. His nobles try to persuade the King not to go out in this bad weather, however his pride and maybe a bit too much French wine get the better of him. The King of Scotland is found the next day at the bottom of a cliff with a broken neck (“William Wallace the Truth” http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/wallace/index.html). This chain of events had not only taken Scotland’s King from her it had left the country without an heir to the throne. The Scots did ...

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the King of England was more than happy to help the Scot’s in this their hour of need. In a swift move, Edward did choose a new king for the Scot’s but not before he had all the Nobles recognize his suzerainty. With the new king of Scotland merely a puppet for Edward the Nobles realized their mistake and rose up against Edward. This was the final straw for Edward; he sent his army north across the tweed in 1296 and conquered Scotland. (“Edward I” Britannica Online)
Very little is known about William Wallace before 1297. What is known is that he was the second son of a minor Scottish Nobel named Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie near Paisley in Renfrewshire. His family had migrated from ...

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