Essay About William Wallace And King Edward

Without a king, the next in line to rule would have been the nobles. The problem with the nobles is that they were all too stubborn and proud to be ordered around by anyone, or cooperate with any of the other nobles. They would fight in their own good time and wherever they saw fit, but they would accept orders from no one.3 It was bad enough that Scotland had no king but the defiance by the nobles to lend Wallace aid did not help Wallaces campaign at all.

The little leadership the Scottish rebels had was not enough. William Wallace is said to have been an excellent fighter. Unmatched in strength, speed, stamina or skill with a claymore, but despite his ability to fight, he was very inexperienced in commanding an army. The only thing he had ever led was a handful of loyal rebels on raids. The Scottish spirits were high but their courage was not enough to overcome the lack of organization.4 Thomas B. Costain says, The best fighting force in the world would be helpless if it lacked authority behind it to supply arms and food and scouting facilities to keep an eye on enemy movements.5 The Scots were at an obvious disadvantage from the get go.

Another factor that influenced the failure of Wallaces rebellion, beside the Scottish lack of leadership or organization, is the unwillingness of the Scottish nobles to come together as one unit and fight together to rid their country of the English oppressors. The nobles just simply could not find it in themselves to cooperate. After King Alexander III had died, and after his only heir to the throne, Margaret, died, thirteen claimants to the Scottish throne came forward.6 By this time King Edward of England saw his opportunity and Scotland was essentially occupied by the English.7 The competition for the crown was very stiff and it caused many internal conflicts amongst the nobles.8 It is obviously difficult to imagine the nobles uniting to work together on the battlefield when they are all competing for the throne.

Though the king himself may have been aware of the issue, he would have not let the situation bother him and did not hesitate to take action on it.

The nobles did not become friends with her immediately after her death. However, the nobles that came to her aid wanted a peaceful resolution because their country had been ruled by an empire that had gone through tremendous economic difficulties.

Even though the lords and lordses and dukes of Scotland tried to be good neighbors with the nobles, they were actually much less helpful than their neighbors. The nobles believed that the English had a special role to play in the political world, so they did not want a situation where they and their country had to come together on the battlefield.

By the time the lords and kings left Scotland, there were still many concerns about what the government was doing to support the nobles, so it was the natural next step to take for the knights.[citation needed]

Fighters of the Kings.

• Sunderland: the last king to lose their kingdom, his father was murdered.
• An unknown death followed in the wake of King Alexander III’s death.
• Two knights, two nobles, three knights of the Crown, four kings of Scotland, and four kings of Scotland.
• Scotland was not able to protect itself, and now that the Scots had lost the king, it was time to give up and start over.”
• The plan was to turn Scotland into a military power in order to keep the rest of it in line.
• There was a lot of political chaos in Scotland during the reign of King Alexander III, which led to his death.
• It was the plan that led to King Alexander III’s death.
• The plot unraveled on the eve of the new King’s coronation when the Scots gathered in Strom’s Ferry and tried to leave the city. They attacked the city, but they went free under the protection of two knights. As soon as the two knights returned to Scotland, they gathered some of their allies. Both castles were damaged in every way imaginable. The Scots had to make it back to the city of Strom’s Ferry, but in the end a truce was formed, after a good fight. At this time, the King died, with Queen Elizabeth acting as a witness. She did not want the nobles to be separated even though in the eyes of the nobles, they were already very hostile to the Scottish nobles. For this reason, the King had decided to bring about a peace treaty by means of which all the nobles would be involved in negotiations. This was done before the King’s coronation and the nobles took part in a political process.

There were plans developed on the royal side but the nobles did not see these as a real

Apart from the conflicts with each other, the nobles were constantly switching alliances. One day they would be fighting against Edward, and the next day they would be fighting with him. Wallace had to constantly be aware of this so as not to put his trust into the wrong person. Unlike the conniving Scottish nobles who had collaborated with the English in return for financial benefits, Wallace had never sought personal fame, nor benefited from it.9 The nobles were constantly being bought off by Edward. Most of them held large land estates in England, and if they were to fight against Edward they would lose these estates. To the nobles it was not worth the loss. They didnt

care about the good of the country they just cared about themselves.Going into the battle of Falkirk, which was the battle where the Scots lost all of their military momentum, Wallace was under the impression that Robert the Bruce was going to be fighting with him and his army. Bruce was one of the two main contenders for the throne. John Balliol was the other main contender. Bruce submitted to Edward in 1302, perhaps because he had heard that France was supporting Balliol, the party of resistance was not solid.10 Wallace did not have the support from Bruce that he needed at Falkirk,