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, a companion-in-arms of King

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References

* Traquair, Peter, ''Freedom's Sword'' 1997 * Anderson, William, ''The Scottish Nation'', Edinburgh, 1867, vol.vii, pp. 200–1. 1332 deaths Year of birth unknown Earls of Moray Scottish deaths at the Battle of Dupplin Moor Lords of Annandale 14th-century Scottish earls Lords of Badenoch {{Scotland-earl-stub