Andrew Moray

Biography

The northern nobleman Andrew Moray raised the rebellion of 1297 across the Highlands and north-east at the same moment Wallace rose in the south-west, capturing English-held castles and clearing Moray and the Great Glen of occupying garrisons. His rising was arguably the more strategically effective, freeing the whole north before the two leaders joined forces. Moray and Wallace shared command at Stirling Bridge, and the victory was as much his as Wallace's — but he was severely wounded in the battle and died of his injuries within weeks. Historians have long wondered how differently the war might have run had the disciplined, aristocratic Moray lived to lead beside — or instead of — Wallace. His infant son would grow up to become Guardian himself and win the turning-point victory at Culblean in 1335.

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