When the crown of Scotland became vacant in September 1290 on the death of the seven-year-old Queen Margaret, 13 claimants to the throne came forward....

several competitors for the Crown of Scotland put forward claims. Balliol was chosen from among them as the new King of Scotland by a group of selected...

dispute between thirteen competitors for the crown of Scotland. Margaret, Maid of Norway, was the only child of King Eric II of Norway and his first wife...

Edward I of England, to decide between various competitors for the Scottish throne in a process known as the Great Cause. John Balliol by tradition of primogeniture...

crown, again as a French fief. The relationship between England and Scotland by the 1280s was one of relatively harmonious coexistence. The issue of homage...

important magnate in the border regions of Scotland. He was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland. Said to be aged 47 at his father's death...

laid claim to the Scottish crown as inheritance from his daughter. Eirik later married Isabel Bruce, sister of King Robert I of Scotland. Their marriage...

church of the Greyfriars at Dumfries. His father, John Comyn II, known as the Black Comyn, had been one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, claiming...

of the West, during the game's depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn.[citation needed] Competitors for the Crown of Scotland Cultural depictions of Robert...

who was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1290 and signed and sealed the Barons' Letter of 1301. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham...

and a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause. He is commonly known as "Robert the Competitor". His grandson Robert the Bruce...

Earl of Fife (December 1388 – 1390). Competitors for the crown of Scotland List of regents in Scotland History of Scotland Politics of Scotland "Margaret:...

Comyn was one of the thirteen Competitors for the Crown of Scotland. He did not aggressively push his claim for fear of jeopardising that of his brother-in-law...

was one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, upon the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway in 1290. It is thought to be the origin of the name Vesely...

Annandale, rebuilding his castle of Lochmaben in stone, making use of its natural moat. Rebelling and taking the crown of Scotland in February 1306, Bruce was...

expedition was that supporters of the exiled House of Balliol, rival competitors for the Crown of Scotland, had fled to Ireland. The campaign effectively ended...

of Alan Durward by Marjorie, illegitimate daughter of Alexander II of Scotland. A son, Nicholas de Soulis, was one of the Competitors for the Crown of...

1st Baron Ros of Helmsley (c. 1255 – 6 or 8 August 1316), was one of the claimants of the crown of Scotland in 1292 during the reign of Edward I. William...

on the voyage to Scotland and died in Orkney on 26 September 1290. The lack of a clear heir led to a period known as Competitors for the Crown of Scotland...

claimed the throne of Scotland in the Great Cause (his great-grandmother Ada being the sister of King William I of Scotland), he did not receive the expected...

longest for a Scottish monarch before the Union of the Crowns in 1603. William was born around 1142, during the reign of his grandfather King David I of Scotland...

as the Cowal Games, is held in Dunoon, Scotland, every August. It is the largest Highland games in Scotland, attracting around 3,500 competitors and...

one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, deriving his claim from his father Henry, an alleged illegitimate son of King William the Lion of Scotland...

Matilda became prime competitors for the crown of Scotland, including John Balliol, who was chosen king, and Robert de Brus, grandfather of king Robert I. Cokayne...

left the throne of Scotland vacant and the subsequent succession crisis of 1290–1296 ignited a struggle among the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland, chiefly...

clear heir to the throne of Scotland. Competitors for the Crown of Scotland - 13 individuals claiming the throne of Scotland. Edward I of England was asked...

daughter of William the Lion. Upon the death of the Margaret, Maid of Norway in 1290, Roger became one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, deriving...

Vesci, who was father of John de Vesci and of William de Vescy. The latter was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1291. Richardson, Douglas...

one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, deriving his claim from his grandmother, Margaret, illegitimate daughter of William the Lion and the wife...

another Ralph Basset. In the political tumult brought about by the various competitors for the Crown of Scotland, Edward I of England was able to gain...