Baliol
Americannoun
noun
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Edward . ?1283–1364, king of Scotland (1332, 1333–56)
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his father, John . 1249–1315, king of Scotland (1292–96): defeated and imprisoned by Edward I of England (1296)
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John Baliol reigned as king of Scotland from 1292 to 1296.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
It also includes two Baliol coins which Mr Baxter discovered at the site in Fife.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
Prince Olaf is the only child of the King and Queen of Norway and has just spent a year at Baliol College, Oxford, England; he is 22.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bernard Baliol, through love of God and for the good of his soul, granted them his estate of Wedelee, in Hertfordshire, which afterwards formed part of the preceptory of Temple Dynnesley.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
But by 1291 it had gone out of favour, and the Scottish barons had no hesitation in declaring Baliol their rightful king.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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