Events from the year 1307 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland (; , ) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a l ...
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Incumbents
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Monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...
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Robert I
Events
* February –
Battle of Turnberry
The Battle of Turnberry was a battle fought in February 1307 during the Scottish Wars of Independence near Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland.
King Robert I of Scotland's invasion of his ancestral lands in Annandale and Carrick began in 1307. T ...
* 9/10 February –
Battle of Loch Ryan
* March –
Battle of Glen Trool
* 10 May –
Battle of Loudoun Hill
The Battle of Loudoun Hill was fought on 10 May 1307, between a Scots force led by King Robert the Bruce and the English commanded by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. It took place beneath Loudoun Hill, in Ayrshire, and ended in a vic ...
* December –
Battle of Slioch
The Battle of Slioch was a minor skirmish in the First War of Scottish Independence. Although the encounter was inconclusive, the domestic enemies of the Scottish King Robert Bruce were unable to stop him from consolidating his rule over Sc ...
Deaths
* 9 February:
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Alexander de Brus younger brother of Robert the Bruce, captured at Battle of Loch Ryan and later executed (born
c.1285)
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Thomas de Brus
Sir Thomas de Brus (c. 1284 – 17 February 1307) was a younger brother and supporter of King Robert I of Scotland, in the struggle against the English conquest. He was captured by the MacDoualls at Loch Ryan, Galloway, Scotland and later execut ...
, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, captured at Battle of Loch Ryan and later executed (born
c.1284)
''Undated''
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William de Moravia, 2nd Earl of Sutherland
William de Moravia, (William Sutherland) (c. 1235–1307) was a Scottish nobleman, 2nd Earl of Sutherland and chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.
Ancestry
William de Moravia, 2nd Earl of Sutherland was the on ...
(born c.
1235
Year 1235 ( MCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* Connacht in Ireland is finally conquered by the Hiberno-Norman Richard Mór de Burgh; Felim Ua Conchobair is expe ...
)
See also
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Timeline of Scottish history
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This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states. See also Timeline of prehistoric Scotland.
To read about the background to many ...
References
14th century in Scotland
Wars of Scottish Independence
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