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Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of England
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Battle of Methven

June 19, 1306 · Perthshire Theater

English victory; Bruce becomes an outlaw king in hiding.

June 19, 1306

Weeks after seizing the Scottish throne — and after murdering his rival John Comyn in a church — Robert the Bruce was surprised in his camp at Methven by an English force and scattered. The new king became a hunted fugitive, driven into the Highlands and the islands.

  • Battle of Methven

Commanders

Kingdom of England · Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
Kingdom of Scotland · King Robert the Bruce