1306 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1306 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 February – Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.[1]
- 25 March – Robert the Bruce crowned King of the Scots.
- 19 June – Battle of Methven: The forces of the Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels.
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The killing of Comyn in the Greyfriars church in Dumfries, as imagined by Felix Philippoteaux, a 19th-century illustrator a highly inaccurate imagining as it shows them in kilts which were not worn by medieval Scots.
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Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, crowning Robert the Bruce at Scone in 1306; from a modern tableau at Edinburgh Castle
Births
unknown date
- John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (died 1346)
Deaths
- 10 February – John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, nobleman and Guardian of Scotland
- 4 August - David de Inchmartin, executed by English by being hanged in Newcastle upon Tyne
- 4 August - Alexander Scrymgeour, Scottish standard bearer, executed by English by being hanged in Newcastle upon Tyne
- 4 August - John de Seton, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in Newcastle upon Tyne
- September – Nigel de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in Berwick-upon-Tweed
- 8 September – Simon Fraser, knight, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in London
- 7 November – John of Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, captured after Battle of Methven, executed by hanging in London
- 9 November - Thomas de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and beheaded at Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- unknown – Alexander de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and beheaded at Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- unknown - Christopher Seton, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered at Dumfries
See also
References
- ^ Young, Alan (23 September 2004). "Comyn, Sir John, lord of Badenoch". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6046.
The savage execution of William Wallace on 23 August 1305 may have raised the level of indignation in Scotland at English overlordship. This forms the background to the infamous murder of John Comyn by Robert Bruce in the Greyfriars Church at Dumfries on 10 February 1306 and Robert Bruce's inauguration as king of Scots six weeks later.
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