History 2173 Lecture Notes - Andrew Moray, Plate Armour, Cavalry Tactics
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The scottish wars of independence and the battle of bannockburn. Scotland was an independent realm but this changed at the death of alexander iii in 1286. Even margaret"s father who had no blood relation put forth a claim while edward i was king of england and the. Scots wanted to see his advice but he had his own agenda and he wanted his son to take over. There were 14 claimants to the throne but there were only two significant ones and they were john balliol and. Robert the bruce and each was preferred by the different succession methods. Edward i and other kings had been trying to assert feudal overlord-ship over scotland but they had been kicked out and he wanted acknowledgement so a court was appointed and 18 months later came down on the side of. Balliol and he paid homage to edward i swearing faithfulness to him (became underling of someone else)