[MR] Wikipedia: The Auld Alliance, Scotland & France

[Garth Groff]

Noble Friends,

Oops! Balliol was not Edward's brother-in-law. That was John Comyn. 
Balliol, however, was also a brother-in-law of Comyn.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo

On 10/23/2012 8:04 AM, Garth Groff wrote:
> Noble Friends,
>
> This day in 1295, the Scots signed a major treaty with the French 
> without consent of their King John Balloil. Called the Auld Alliance, 
> the treaty called for mutual defense should the English attack either 
> Scotland or France. This got the very weak Balloil in a lot of trouble 
> with the English King Edward I, who had put Balloil on the Scottish 
> throne and considered him to be a vassal (he was also Edward's 
> brother-in-law). Edward immediately invaded Scotland, kicking off the 
> Scottish Wars of Independence. In 1296 Balloil abdicated, was publicly 
> stripped of his regalia by Edward, and eventually exiled to his 
> estates in France.
>
> The Auld Alliance continued to be a torn in the sides of all three 
> countries. The Scots frequently raided into England in support of the 
> French, usually dying in large numbers before superior English armies. 
> During the Hundred Years War, the Scots sent many troops to the French 
> after their main battle army was destroyed at Agincourt in 1415. Few 
> returned alive. Scottish King James IV invaded England again at the 
> behest of the French in 1513, and he and Scotland's best knights were 
> wiped out  at the Battle of Flodden.
>
> The French occasionally sent small groups of soldiers to Scotland. The 
> French often took whatever they wanted from the impoverished Scots, 
> and were soundly hated. At Flodden, the angry Scottish survivors 
> massacred their French advisors.
>
> Here is a brief piece on the Auld Alliance: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Alliance
>
> You can read about John Balliol here: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balliol .
>
> Yours Aye,
>
>
> Lord Mungo Napier, Who Has Nothing Against the French
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