William Wallace

Sir William Wallace
Depiction o Wallace in a stained gless windae in the Wallace Monument
Guardian of the Kingdom of Scotland (Second Interregnum)
In office 1297–1298
Precedit bi	John Balliol (as King of the Scots)
Succeedit bi	Robert the Bruce John Comyn
Personal details
Born	c. 1270 Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Kinrick o Scotland
Dee'd	23 August 1305 (aged c. 35) Smithfield, Lunnon, Kinrick o Ingland
Cause o daith	Hanged, drawn an quartert
Restin place	Lunnon, in an unmerked grave
Naitionality	Scots
Spoose(s)	Marion Braidfute[1] (disputed)
Bairns	None recorded
Thrift	Military leader
Militar service
Allegiance	Kinrick o Scotland
Years o service	1297–1305
Rank	Commander
Battles/wars	First War o Scots Unthirldom Action at Lanark Raid on Scone Battle o Stirlin Brig Battle o Fawkirk Battle of Happrew

Sir William Wallace (Scots Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, pronounced [ˈɯʎam ˈuəl̪ˠəs̪]; Norman French: William le Waleys;^[2] c. 1270^[3] – 23 August 1305) wis the leader o the Scots airmy agin the Inglis fur the first pairt o the Scots Weirs for Unthirldom an wis the Gairdian o Scotland frae 1297 til 1298.^[4] Wallace wis born in Elderslie, Renfrewshire an wis eddicate at some time in his airly years at the Heich Schuil o Dundee.^[5] Some soorces propones his faither wis cawed Malcolm an ithers at his faither's name wis Alan. Wallace is thocht tae hae haed twa brithers whas names wis John an Malcom.^[6][7]

Alang wi Andrew Moray, Wallace defeatit an Inglis airmy at the Battle o Stirlin Brig in September 1297. He was appointed Guardian of Scotland and served until his defeat at the Battle o Fawkirk in July 1298. In August 1305, Wallace was captured in Robroyston, near Glasgow, and handed over to King Edward I o Ingland, who had him hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians.^[8] He wis begowkit syne execute by the Inglis laird King Edward I. Sir William Wallace wis kilt by raxin, drawin, an quarterin.^[9]

Efter his deeth, Wallace haes been gien a legendary status faur ayont his hameland. He is the protagonist o Blind Harry's 15th-yearhunner epic poem The Wallace an the subject o literary wirks bi Jane Porter an Sir Walter Scott, an fae the Academy Award-winning film Braveheart.

1. ↑ "Info" (in Inglis). wallace.scran.ac.uk. Archived frae the original on 16 Mey 2021. Retrieved 12 Juin 2021.
2. ↑ Stevenson, Joseph (1841). Documents illustrative of Sir William Wallace: his life and times (in Inglis). Printed for the Maitland club. p. 173. Retrieved 1 September 2013 – via New York Public Library and Internet Archive.
3. ↑ "Sir William Wallace, Scottish hero". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2015.(in Inglis)
4. ↑ "BBC - History - William Wallace". www.bbc.co.uk (in Inglis). Retrieved 21 Mairch 2022.
5. ↑ "FDCA - William Wallace and Dundee". www.fdca.org.uk. Archived frae the original on 18 Januar 2022. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2022.
6. ↑ The Wallace book (in Inglis). Edward J. Cowan. Edinburgh: John Donald. 2007. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85976-652-4. OCLC 71165699.CS1 maint: others (link)
7. ↑ The Wallace book (in Inglis). Edward J. Cowan. Edinburgh: John Donald. 2007. pp. 91–2. ISBN 978-0-85976-652-4. OCLC 71165699.CS1 maint: others (link)
8. ↑ "William Wallace | Biography, Braveheart, Death, Sword, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 21 Mairch 2022.
9. ↑ Traquair, Peter (1998). Freedom's sword. Niwot, Colo.: Roberts Rinehart Publishers. p. 124. ISBN 1-57098-247-3. OCLC 40072790.