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In 23 June 1314 during the battle of Bannockburn Henry de Bohun nephew of the Earl of Hereford, was riding ahead of his companions when he caught sight of the King Robert Bruce of the Scots. De Bohun lowered his lance and began a charge that carried him to lasting fame. King Robert was mounted on a small palfrey and armed only with a battle-axe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn#cite_note-17He had no armour on. As de Bohun's great war-horse thundered towards him, he stood his ground, watched with mounting anxiety by his own army. With the Englishman only feet away, Bruce turned aside, stood in his stirrups and hit the knight so hard with his axe that he split his helmet and head in two. This small incident became in a larger sense a symbol of the war itself: the one side heavily armed but lacking agility; the other highly mobile and open to opportunity. Rebuked by his commanders for the enormous risk he had taken, the king only expressed regret that he had broken the shaft of his axe.
WI King Robert Bruce was killed that day by de Bohun? Who gets the Scottish throne then? Does his death marks the end of Scottish indepence? Or Scotland remains nominally independent and Baliols return to the throne under the overlordship of the English King? What do u think?
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