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William WALLACE

William WALLACE

Male 1272 - 1305  (33 years)


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  • Name William WALLACE 
    Nickname The Great Patriot 
    Birth Jan 1272  Elderslie, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Aug 1305  The Elms at Smithfield, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Aberdeen City, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34898  Coombs
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

    Father Malcolm WALLACE, Laird of Elderslie,   b. Abt 1245, Elderslie, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1291, Loundon Hill, East Ayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Margaret CRAWFORD,   b. Abt 1251, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Sep 1291, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 40 years) 
    Family ID F12305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marion BRAIDFUTE,   b. Abt 1276, Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1297, Home on High Street, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth WALLACE, Heiress of Lamington,   b. Abt 1295, Elderslie, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1320, Elderslie, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F12302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • William Wallace came to the Clyde Forest after successfully ambushing the English at Loudon Hill, in July 1296. After the skirmish Wallace took refuge near Lanark in order to rest his men.
      It is at this time that Wallace may have met Marion Braidfute for the first time. Marion was 18 years of age and the daughter of the laird of Lamington. Marion Braidfute is described by Blind Harry "She suffered all and bore herself right lowly, so amiable she was, so benign and wise, courteous and sweet, full of noblesse, of well ordered speech." Wallace fell in love with Marion, but according to some sources, he decided that it would not be wise to marry till Scotland had been freed from the English. She informed Wallace that the Sheriff, whom Blind Harry describes as “cruel, outrageous and spiteful in his actions.' had put to death her brother who had come along with Marion to stay in his father's town house in Lanark, supposedly to avoid trouble.
      "From that time forward, whenever Wallace was in town, he would secretly visit with her. Marion would encourage him and helped him to get into her house through a back entrance in an alley behind the house. The sheriff Heselrig had made plans for Marion to be wed to his son. This made their affair a very difficult one. Soon after William and Marion promised to each other that as soon as he had freed his country he would return and claim her as his wife. It is noted elsewhere though, that William and Marion did in fact get married and Marion bore unto him a daughter Elizabeth.