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  1. Apr 19, 2024 · William Wallace (1272 - 1305) William Wallace. (1272 - 1305) Sir William "Braveheart" Wallace. Born 1272 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Ancestors. Son of Malcolm Alan Wallace and Margaret Craufurd. Brother of Malcolm Wallace, Unknown (Wallace) Bailie and John Wallace. Died 23 Aug 1305 at about age 33 in Smithfield, London, England.

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  2. William Wallace was a member of the lesser nobility, but little is definitely known of his family history or even his parentage. Blind Harry's late-15th-century poem gives his father as Sir Malcolm of Elderslie; however William's own seal, found on a letter sent to the Hanse city of Lübeck in 1297, gives his father's name as Alan Wallace. This Alan Wallace may be the same as the one listed in ...

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  4. William "Braveheart" Wallace (Sir) was born January 1272 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, son of Sir Malcolm "1st Lord of Elderslie" Wallace and Lady Margaret Jean DeCraufurd. He was married April 1297 in St Kentigerns Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Marion Cornelia Bradfute or Braidfoot, they had 6 children. He was married in the year 1292 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France to ...

  5. Category:William Wallace [edit] Bibliography Brown, Chris. William Wallace. The True Story of Braveheart. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2005. ISBN 0-7524-3432-2. Clater-Roszak, Christine. "Sir William Wallace ignited a flame." Military History 14 (1997): 1215. . Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. London: The Readers Digest Association ...

  6. Mar 12, 2024 · Biography. Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie (1272-1305), William was born at Ellerslie (Elderslie is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in west central Scotland,) which is in either Ayrshire or Renfrewshire, being the fact that there are two locations of this name. He was born sometime between 1270 and 1276.

  7. Feb 10, 2024 · Wallace began making a name for himself as a thorn in England’s side in 1297. In May of that year, he led his first raid, attacking Lanark in Scotland. It was a massive success and the English sheriff of Lanark, William de Heselrig, was killed in the attack. Impressive considering Wallace had only had roughly 30 men.

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