1306 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1306 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Robert I (from 25 March)
Events
- 10 February – Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.
- 25 March – Robert the Bruce crowned King of the Scots.
- 19 June – Battle of Methven: The forces of the Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels.
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The killing of Comyn in the Greyfriars church in Dumfries, as imagined by Felix Philippoteaux, a 19th-century illustrator.
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Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, crowning Robert the Bruce at Scone in 1306; from a modern tableau at Edinburgh Castle
Births
unknown date
Deaths
- 10 February – John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, nobleman and Guardian of Scotland
- September – Nigel de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered
- 7 November – John of Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, captured after Battle of Methven, executed in London by hanging
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