Edward Balliol

Edward Balliol (* 1283, † 1367 ) was from 1332 to 1336 temporarily King of Scotland. He was the eldest son of the deposed King John Balliol (House Balliol ) and Isabella de Warenne (daughter of John de Warenne ). His mother was the granddaughter of maternal Isabella of Angoulême, of the English King John Lackland widow.

After the death of King Robert the Bruce in 1329 Scotland was weakened because his son David II was a child and the most capable military leader shortly thereafter also died. With the support of the English king Edward III. Edward Balliol took advantage of this favorable situation and defeated the regent, the Earl of Mar, in the battle of Dupplin moor in Perthshire. He was crowned at Scone in September 1332 as the new king, but was forced to flee to England just three months later after a surprise attack by supporters of David II.

After the battle of Halidon Hill Edward Balliol was used by the British again as king. He entered the region from Lothian to Edward and recognized him as suzerain. In Scotland, however, he had no serious support and was reissued in 1334. Although he arrived in 1335 returned to power, but was permanently discontinued in 1336, after David II returned from exile in France.

Shortly after David's defeat at the Battle of Neville 's Cross in 1346, Edward Balliol returned to Scotland and Galloway instigated a rebellion on. He could expand his influence rapidly in the central regions of the kingdom, but was not able to keep this permanently.

On January 20, 1356, he renounced his claim to the throne and finally received in return of Edward III. a pension. The rest of his life he spent little attention. He died in 1367, unmarried and without heirs, in Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. His grave is possibly the post office Doncaster.