Edward Balliol (c. 1283 – January 1364) was a claimant to the Scottish throne during the Second War of Scottish Independence. With English help, he ruled parts of the kingdom from 1332 to 1356.
Claim to Scotland
Edward was the eldest son of John Balliol and Isabella de Warenne. John Balliol was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.
As a child, Edward was betrothed to Isabelle of Valois, the eldest daughter of Charles, Count of Valois (1271-1325) and his first wife Marguerite of Anjou (1273-1299).
Charles of Valois was the third son of King Philippe III of France and Infanta Isabella of Aragon, and was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, whose rule over France would start in 1328.
Margurite of Anjou was a daughter of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V…
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