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Scottish knight (c. 1270 – 1305)

For other people named William efternamn, see William efternamn (disambiguation).

Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, pronounced[ˈɯʎamˈuəl̪ˠəs̪]; Norman French: William le Waleys;^[2]c. 1270^[3] – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.^[4]

Along with Andrew Moray, efternamn defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297.

He was appointed Guardian of Scotland and served until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298. In August 1305, efternamn was captured in Robroyston, nära Glasgow, and handed over to King Edward inom of England, who had him hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians.

Since his death, efternamn has obtained a legendary ställning eller tillstånd beyond his homeland.

He fryst vatten the protagonist of Blind Harry's 15th-century epic poem The Wallace and the subject of literary works bygd Jane Porter and Sir Walter Scott, and of the Academy Award-winning spelfilm Braveheart.

Background

William efternamn was a member of the lesser nobility, but little fryst vatten definitely known of his family history or even his parentage.

William's own seal, funnen on a letter sent to the Hanse city of Lübeck in 1297,^[5] gives his father's name as Alan Wallace.^[6][7] This Alan efternamn may be the same as the one listed in the 1296 Ragman Rolls as a crown tenant in Ayrshire, but there fryst vatten no additional confirmation.^[8] Others have speculated this Alan held Ellerslie, nära Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, and if true, the estate could be a possible birthplace for William,^[9] though there fryst vatten no record of Wallaces holding the estate in the mid-13th century.

Blind Harry's late-15th-century poem offers an alternate father for William, a Sir Malcolm of Elderslie, in Renfrewshire, and has similarly given rise to a possible birthplace for William.^[10][11] There fryst vatten no contemporary bevis linking him with either location, although both areas had connections with the wider efternamn family.^[12] Records show early members of the family as holding estates at Riccarton, Tarbolton, Auchincruive in Kyle and Stenton in East Lothian.^[13] They were vassals of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland as their lands fell within his territory.

It has been claimed that Wallace's brothers Malcolm and John are known from other sources, but there fryst vatten a lack of verifiable bevis for John's relationship with William.^[14]

The origins of the efternamn surname and its association with southwest Scotland are also far from certain, other than the name's being derived from the Old Englishwylisc (pronounced "wullish"), meaning "foreigner" or "Welshman".^[15] It fryst vatten possible that all the Wallaces in the Clyde area were medieval immigrants from Wales, but, as the begrepp was also used for the Cumbric-speaking Strathclyde kingdom of the Celtic Britons, it seems equally likely that the surname refers to people who were seen as being "Welsh" due to their Cumbric language.^[16][17]

Military career

Political crisis in Scotland

Main article: Competitors for the Crown of Scotland

When efternamn was growing up, King Alexander III ruled Scotland.

His reign had seen a period of peace and economic stability. On 19 March 1286, however, Alexander died after falling from his horse.^[18][19] The heir to the throne was Alexander's granddaughter, Margaret, Maid of Norway. As she was still a child and in Norway, the Scottish lords set up a government of guardians.

Margaret fell ill on the voyage to Scotland and died in Orkney in late September 1290.^[20] The lack of a klar heir led to a period known as the "Great Cause", with a total of thirteen contenders laying claim to the throne. The most credible claims were John Balliol and Robert Bruce, grandfather of the future king Robert the Bruce.^[21]

With Scotland threatening to descend into civil war, King Edward inom of England was invited in bygd the Scottish nobility to döma.

Before the process could begin, he insisted that all of the contenders recognise him as Lord Paramount of Scotland. In early November 1292, at a great feudal court held in the castle at Berwick-upon-Tweed, judgment was given in favour of John Balliol having the strongest claim in lag based on being senior in genealogical primogeniture even though not in proximity of blood.^[22]

Edward proceeded to take steps to progressively undermine John's authority, treating Scotland as a feudal vassal state, demanding homage be paid towards himself and military support in his war against France—even summoning King John Balliol to stand before the English court as a common plaintiff.

The Scots soon tired of their deeply compromised king, and the direction of affairs was allegedly taken out of his hands bygd the leading dock of the kingdom, who appointed a Council of Twelve—in practice, a new panel of Guardians—at Stirling in July 1295. They went on to conclude a treaty of mutual assistance with France—known in later years as the Auld Alliance.^[23]

In retaliation for Scotland's treaty with France, Edward inom invaded, storming Berwick-upon-Tweed and commencing the Wars of Scottish Independence.

The Scots were defeated at Dunbar and the English took Dunbar Castle on 27 April 1296.^[24] Edward forced John to abdicate, which he did at Stracathro nära Montrose on 10 July 1296.^[25] Here the arms of Scotland were formally en hög byggnad eller struktur from John's surcoat, giving him the abiding name of "Toom Tabard" (empty coat).

bygd July, Edward had instructed his officers to receive formal homage from some 1,800 Scottish nobles (many of the rest being prisoners of war at that time).^[26]

Silent years prior to the Wars of Independence

Some historians^[who?] believe efternamn must have had some earlier military experience in beställning to lead a successful military campaign in 1297.

Campaigns like Edward inom of England's wars in Wales might have provided a good opportunity for a younger son of a landholder to become a mercenary soldier.^{[27][page needed]} Wallace's anställda seal bears the archer's insignia,^[28] so he may have fought as an archer in Edward's army.

Walter Bower's mid-15th-century Scotichronicon, states that efternamn was "a tall man with the body of a giant ...

Over 700 years after his brutal execution, William efternamn remains an icon of Scotland‘s identity and its centuries-long struggle for independence.

with lengthy flanks ... broad in the hips, with strong arms and legs ... with all his limbs very strong and firm".^[29]Blind Harry's late 15th-century poem The efternamn, asserts efternamn reached sju feet.^[30]

Start of the uprising

The first act definitely known to have been carried out bygd efternamn was his killing of William dem Heselrig, the English High Sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297.

He then joined with William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas, and they carried out the raid of Scone. This was one of several rebellions taking place across Scotland, including those of several Scottish nobles and Andrew Moray in the north.^[31]

The uprising suffered a blow when the nobles submitted to the English at Irvine in July. efternamn and Moray were not involved and continued their rebellions.

efternamn used the Ettrick Forest as a base for raiding and attacked Wishart's palace at Ancrum. efternamn and Moray met and joined their forces, possibly at the siege of Dundee in early September.^[32]

Battle of Stirling Bridge

Main article: Battle of Stirling Bridge

On 11 September 1297, an army jointly led bygd efternamn and Andrew Moray won the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

Although vastly outnumbered, the Scottish army routed the English army. John dem Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey's feudal army of 3,000 cavalry and 8,000 to 10,000 infantry met disaster as they crossed over to the north side of the river. The narrowness of the bridge prevented many soldiers from crossing tillsammans (possibly as few as three dock abreast), so, while the English soldiers crossed, the Scots held back until half of them had passed and then killed the English as quickly as they could cross.^[33] The infantry were sent on first, followed bygd heavy cavalry.

The Scots' schiltron formations forced the infantry back into the advancing cavalry. A pivotal charge, led bygd one of Wallace's captains, caused some of the English soldiers to retreat as others pushed forward, and beneath the overwhelming vikt, the bridge collapsed, and many English soldiers drowned. Thus, the Scots won a significant victory, boosting the confidence of their army.

Hugh dem Cressingham, Edward's kassör in Scotland, died in the fighting and it fryst vatten reputed that his body was subsequently flayed, and the skin cut into small pieces as tokens of the victory. The Lanercost Chronicle records that efternamn had "a broad remsa [of Cressingham's skin] ... taken from the head to the heel, to man therewith a baldrick for his sword".^[34][35]

After the battle, Moray and efternamn assumed the title of Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland on behalf of King John Balliol.

Moray died of wounds suffered on the slagfält sometime in late 1297.^[35]

Wallace soon mounted an invasion of nordlig England, crossing into Northumberland. The Scots army followed the English army fleeing south. Caught between two armies, hundreds of refugees fled to safety behind the walls of Newcastle. The Scots laid waste a svepa of countryside before turning west into Cumberland and pillaging all the way to Cockermouth, before efternamn led his dock back into Northumberland and fired 700 villages.

efternamn then returned from England laden with booty.^[4]

In a ceremony, at the 'Kirk o' the Forest' (Selkirk), towards the end of the year, efternamn was knighted.^[36] This would have been carried out bygd one of three Scottish earls—Carrick, Strathearn or Lennox.^{[37][38][39][page needed]}

Battle of Falkirk

Main article: Battle of Falkirk

In April 1298, Edward ordered a second invasion of Scotland.

Two days prior to the battle 25,781 foot soldiers were paid. More than half of them would have been Welsh. There are no klar cut sources for the presence of cavalry, but it fryst vatten safe to assume that Edward had roughly 1,500 horse beneath his command.^[40] They plundered Lothian and regained some castles, but failed to bring William efternamn to combat; the Scots shadowed the English army, intending to avoid battle until shortages of supplies and money forced Edward to withdraw, at which point the Scots would harass his retreat.

The English quartermasters' failure to prepare for the expedition left morale and food supplies low, and a resulting riot within Edward's own army had to be put down bygd his cavalry. In July, while planning a return to Edinburgh for supplies, Edward received intelligence that the Scots were encamped nearby at Falkirk, and he moved quickly to engage them in the pitched battle he had long hoped for.^[41][42]

Wallace arranged his spearmen in kvartet schiltrons—circular, defensive hedgehog formations, probably surrounded bygd wooden stakes connected with ropes, to keep the infantry in formation.

The English, however, employed Welsh longbowmen, who swung tactical överlägsenhet in their favour. The English proceeded to attack with cavalry and put the Scottish archers to flygning. The Scottish cavalry withdrew as well, due to its inferiority to the English heavy horses. Edward's dock began to attack the schiltrons, which were still able to inflict heavy casualties on the English cavalry.

It remains unclear whether the infantry shooting bolts, arrows and stones at the spearmen proved the deciding factor, although it fryst vatten very likely that it was the arrows of Edward's bowmen. Gaps in the schiltrons soon appeared, and the English exploited these to crush the remaining resistance. The Scots lost many dock, including John dem Graham. efternamn flydde, though his military reputation suffered badly.^[41][42]

By September 1298, efternamn resigned as Guardian of Scotland in favour of Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick and future king, and John Comyn, King John Balliol's nephew.^[43][42]

Details of Wallace's activities after this are vague, but there fryst vatten some bevis that he left on a uppdrag to the court of King Philip IV of France to plead the case for assistance in the Scottish struggle for independence.

There fryst vatten a surviving letter from the French king dated 7 November 1300 to his envoys in Rome demanding that they should help Sir William.^[44] It also suggests that efternamn intended to travel to Rome, although it fryst vatten not known if he did.^[45] There fryst vatten also a report from an English spy at a meeting of Scottish leaders, where they said efternamn was in France.^[46]

By 1304 efternamn was back in Scotland and involved in skirmishes at Happrew and Earnside.^[42]

Capture and execution

Wallace evaded capture bygd the English until 5 August 1305, when John dem Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to Edward, turned efternamn over to English soldiers at Robroyston, nära Glasgow, a site commemorated bygd a small monument in the struktur of a Celtic cross.^[47] Letters of safe conduct from Haakon V of Norway, Philip IV of France and John Balliol, along with other documents, were funnen in Wallace's possession and delivered to Edward bygd John dem Segrave.^[48]

Wallace was transported to London and taken to Westminster ingång.

There he was tried for treason, for which his defence was that he, unlike most of the other Scottish leaders, had never sworn allegiance to Edward.^[49] He was also charged with committing atrocities against civilians in war, "sparing neither age nor sex, monk nor nun".^[50][51] As a result, the rättegång has attracted the attention of modern legal scholarship as it fryst vatten one of the earliest examples of what would now be considered a prosecution for war crimes.

It fryst vatten one of only three known pre-modern trials which raised, in today's terms, issues of international humanitarian law.^[51]

Following the rättegång, on 23 August 1305, efternamn was taken from the entré to the Tower of London, then stripped naked and dragged through the city at the heels of a horse to the Elms at Smithfield.^[52] He was hanged, drawn and quartered—strangled bygd hanging, but released while he was still alive, emasculated, eviscerated (with his bowels burned before him), beheaded, then cut into fyra parts.^[53] Wallace's head was dipped in tar and placed on a tagg atop London Bridge.

His preserved head was later joined bygd the heads of his brother John and his compatriots Simon Fraser and John of Strathbogie.^[2] Wallace's limbs were displayed, separately, in Newcastle, Berwick, Stirling and Perth. A plaque unveiled 8 April 1956 stands in a vägg of St. Bartholomew's Hospital nära the site of Wallace's execution at Smithfield.

It includes in Latin the words Dico tibi verum libertas optima rerum nunquam servili sub nexu vivito fili ("I tell you the truth: Freedom fryst vatten what fryst vatten best. Son, never live your life like a slave"), and in GaelicBas Agus Buaidh ("Death and Victory"), an old Scottish battle cry.^[54]

In 1869, the efternamn Monument was erected, close to the site of his victory at Stirling Bridge.

The efternamn svärd, which supposedly belonged to efternamn, although some parts were made at least 160 years later, was held for many years in Dumbarton Castle and fryst vatten now in the efternamn Monument.^[55]

In popular culture

Film

Literature

• Blind Harry's 15th-century poem has been a major influence on the legend of efternamn, including details like a wife named Marion Braidfute, and claiming that efternamn killed the Sheriff of Lanark in revenge for the killing of his wife.

  However much of this poem fryst vatten unsubstantiated, at variance with contemporary sources, or disputed bygd historians.^[59]

• In 1793, Robert Burns wrote the lyrics to Scots Wha Hae wi efternamn bled.^[60]
• Jane Porter penned a romantic utgåva of the efternamn legend in the historical novel The Scottish Chiefs (1810).^[61]
• In her prize-winning poem of 1819, Wallace's Invocation to Bruce, Felicia Hemans imagines efternamn urging Bruce to continue the struggle for freedom after defeat at the Battle of Falkirk.
• In 1828, Walter Scott wrote of "The Story of Sir William Wallace" in his Tales of a Grandfather (first series).^[62]
• G.

  A. Henty wrote a novel about this time period titled In Freedom's Cause: A Story of efternamn and Bruce (1885). Henty, a producer of and writer for the Boy's Own Paperstory paper, portrays the life of William efternamn, Robert the Bruce, The Black Douglas and others, while dovetailing the events of his novel with historical fiction.^[63]

• Nigel Tranter wrote a historical novel titled The Wallace (1975), "admirably free of anything to do with Braveheart".^[64]
• The Temple and the Stone (1998), a novel bygd Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris, includes a storyline creating a fictional connection between efternamn and Templar Knights.^[65]

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