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Andrew Murray (soldier) Sir Andrew Murray (1298–1338), also known as Sir Andrew Moray, or Sir Andrew de Moray, was a Scottish military and political leader who supported King David II of Scotland against Edward Balliol and King Edward III of England during the Second War of Scottish Independence. He held the lordships of Avoch and Petty in ...
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Andrew Murray. Andrew Murray, also known as Andrew Moray, Andrew of Moray, or just Moray, lived from around 1270 to 1297. With William Wallace he jointly led the revolt that culminated in the Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, and he was the father of Sir Andrew Murray, who served as Guardian of Scotland ...
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Childhood. Andrew Moray the younger of Petty was born late in the second half of the 13th century. The date and place of his birth are unknown. Andrew's father Sir Andrew Moray of Petty was an influential north Scotland baron and Justiciar of Scotia (1289?–1296), and his mother was the historically-anonymous fourth daughter of John Comyn I of Badenoch.
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Sir Andrew Murray, or Moray, lived from about 1290 to 1338. The son of Andrew Murray, who fought alongside William Wallace at Stirling Bridge, he was Guardian of Scotland for periods of the 1330s and a significant player during the 2nd War of Independence. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Moray was the son of Sir Andrew Moray of Petty and Euphemia Comyn, daughter of John the Black Comyn, Lord of Badenoch. Following an attack on Carlisle by the earls of Atholl, Ross, and Mar and John, the Red Comyn of Badenoch, King Edward I of England led a large English force into Scotland, defeating a Scottish army at the Battle of Dunbar in 1290.
Sir Andrew Murray (1298–1338), also known as Sir Andrew Moray, or Sir Andrew de Moray, was a Scottish military and political leader who supported King David II of Scotland against Edward Balliol and King Edward III of England during the Second War of Scottish Independence. He held the lordships of Avoch and Petty in north Scotland, and Bothwell in west-central Scotland. In 1326 he married ...
Sir Andrew Murray (1298–1338), also known as Sir Andrew Moray, or Sir Andrew de Moray, was a Scottish military and political leader who supported King David II of Scotland against Edward Balliol and King Edward III of England during the Second War of Scottish Independence. He held the lordships of Avoch and Petty in north Scotland, and Bothwell in west-central Scotland. In 1326 he married ...
