Ruler · 1249 – 1314

John Balliol

Lived 1249 – 1314. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 1292 – 1296.

Wikidata's English label: John of Scotland.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1249 – 1314; 65 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 33rd of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

29 before

Alexander II of Scotland1214 – 1249

Alexander III of Scotland1249 – 1286

Margaret, Maid of Norway1286 – 1290

John Balliol1292 – 1296

Robert the Bruce1306 – 1329

David II of Scotland1329 – 1371

Edward Balliol1332 – 1336

15 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1292 – 1296 · 4 years · came to it aged 43

Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: abdicated

After a Scottish defeat in 1296, Balliol abdicated and was imprisoned in the Tower of London.

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