1306 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1306 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Robert I (from 25 March)

Events

• 10 February – Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.
• 25 March – Robert the Bruce crowned King of the Scots.
• 19 June – Battle of Methven: The forces of the Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels.

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  The killing of Comyn in the Greyfriars church in Dumfries, as imagined by Felix Philippoteaux, a 19th-century illustrator a highly inaccurate imagining as it shows them in kilts which were not worn by medieval Scots.
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  Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, crowning Robert the Bruce at Scone in 1306; from a modern tableau at Edinburgh Castle

Births

unknown date

• John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (died 1346)

Deaths

• 10 February – John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, nobleman and Guardian of Scotland
• 4 August - David de Inchmartin, executed by English by being hanged in Newcastle upon Tyne
• 4 August - Alexander Scrymgeour, Scottish standard bearer, executed by English by being hanged in Newcastle upon Tyne
• 4 August - John de Seton, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in Newcastle upon Tyne
• September – Nigel de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 8 September – Simon Fraser, knight, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in London
• 7 November – John of Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, captured after Battle of Methven, executed by hanging in London
• 9 November - Thomas de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and beheaded at Carlisle, Cumberland, England
• unknown – Alexander de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and beheaded at Carlisle, Cumberland, England
• unknown - Christopher Seton, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered at Dumfries

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

References

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