Robert the Bruce – King of Scotland (1274-1329)

Although of Norman descent, Bruce joined Wallace in his opposition to Edward I, and in 1299 was one of the four regents of Scotland.  He was crowned King at Scone in 1306, and for several years thereafter was engaged in a severe struggle to clear the English out of Scotland, finally meeting Edward II at Bannockburn in June 1314, when Bruce gained a decisive victory over an English army three times the size of his own.  He was keenly interested in burghul government, and a few days before his death in 1329, he granted to burgesses of Edinburgh a charter conferring upon them the city of Edinburgh, the port of Leith, and other appurtenances.