The battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and the one, which took place at Culloden in 1746, are two of the bloodiest battles, which have been fought between England and Scotland. The former ended with an excellent victory for Robert Bruce and his Scottish partisans, while the latter became a crushing defeat for the Highlanders who fought for the “ Bonnie Prince Charlie “ and his right to the Scottish throne.
Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scotland in 1306. At that time it was a custom that the Scottish Kings were crowned in Scone, and in 500 years they have, during this ceremony, been sitting on the Stone of Scone. The English King, Edward I, had however removed the stone during one of his campaign in 1296 and placed it in Westminster Abbey, where it has remained the last 700 years. The current Queen of England was crowned on exactly this old” Stone of Destiny“ in 1953.
The crowning of Bruce was dramatic: he murdered his rival, “the Red Comyn”, in the church in Dumfries and afterwards rode to Scone in a hurry to take over the Royal power. Comyn was one of the vassals, which King Edward had installed in his attempt to make Scotland an English territory, and the murder was a part of the Scottish struggle for liberty, which was started during Sir William Wallace.
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