Polity Balliol Loyalists

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A faction during the Second War of Scottish Independence.

Establishment

  • August 1332: Battle of Dupplin Moor: fought between supporters of the child King David II, the son of King Robert the Bruce, and rebels supporting the Balliol claim in 1332. Particularly prominent among Balliol's supporters were residents of Fife and Strathearn.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Scottish Independence

Were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

1.1. Second War of Scottish Independence

The Second War of Scottish Independence broke out in 1332 when Edward Balliol, a claimant to the Scottish throne, led an English-backed invasion of Scotland.

1.1.1. Edward Balliol invasion of Scotland

Was the English invasion of Scotland led by the pretender to the Scottish throne Edwar Balliol.

  • August 1332: Battle of Dupplin Moor: fought between supporters of the child King David II, the son of King Robert the Bruce, and rebels supporting the Balliol claim in 1332. Particularly prominent among Balliol's supporters were residents of Fife and Strathearn.
  • October 1332: In 1332, Edward Balliol, son of former Scottish king John Balliol, was crowned King of Scots by his supporters known as the Balliol Loyalists. He marched across Scotland, eventually settling in Roxburgh as he continued to gather support for his claim to the Scottish throne.
  • December 1332: Edward Balliol was driven from Scotland in the Battle of Annan.

Disestablishment

  • December 1332: Edward Balliol was driven from Scotland in the Battle of Annan.