1306 in History

Taken in chains to Porchester Castle & kept for 8 yrs in confinement, loses his sight

Stabbed by Robert Bruce at a Church in Dumfries, Comyn is John Balliols heir

Stabs John Comyn to death when he refuses to abandon support for King John. Stabs John Comyn, heir to John Balliol, to death at a Church in Dumfries. Robert Bruce and a small party of his followers kill John Comyn, also known as the Red Comyn, before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries

William Wishart grants absolution to Robert Bruce for his assassination of John Comyn

William Wishart grants absolution to Robert Bruce for his assassination of John Comyn

Assassinated while preparing for a campaign in Poland

Beheaded for supporting the Scots

Hanged, drawn & quartered, head displayed on London Bridge alongside William Wallace

Beheaded for supporting the Scots

Forced into exile after being defeated by Prince Edward for a 2nd time

Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scots, ending the second interregnum.

As soon as Edward I hears of Robert Is coronation he prepares for war

Edward holds a banquet and vows by the God of Heaven and these swans to avenge the death of John Comyn and the treachery of the Scots

As soon as Edward I hears of the coronation he prepares for war

Edward I gives his son a knighthood prior to the invasion of Scotland

Edward I gives his son a knighthood prior to the invasion of Scotland

Robert the Bruces Queen is held in a cage on the castle walls of Berwick & Roxburgh

Robert the Bruces Queen is held in a cage on the castle walls of Berwick & Roxburgh

Edward II & Pembroke lay siege to Kildrummy after victory at Methven

Captured & held in a wooden cage on the castle walls of Berwick & Roxburgh

Edward II & Pembroke lay siege to Kildrummy after victory at Methven

Succeeds as King of Scotland

Death of Herbert Morham, executed

Death of John Comyn, assassinated by Robert I the Bruce

Death of Simon Fraser, executeed

Death of Thomas Le Boys, executed

Death of Wenceslas III, last in the line of the House of Premysl

Robert Is Army is defeated by the Earl of Pembroke. Edward I defeats Bruce at the Battle of Methven, executes many of his supporters and forces the Scottish king into becoming a hunted outlaw

Routes the Army of Robert Bruce

Captured by the English at the Battle of Methven

Robert Is Army is virtually destroyed near Perth by Edward I

Crowns her husband, Robert I the Bruce

Has neither the Stone nor the crown of destiny but a glden "coronella" is substituted. Crowned by Isabel, Countess of Buchan who claims the "MacDuff right"

Crowned King of Scotland at Scone at a 2nd ceremonial coronation within 2 days

Officiates in the coronation of Robert I the Bruce