Andrew de Moray
Andrew de Moray (also Andrew Moray , Andrew Murray , lat. Andreas Moravia ; * around 1265, † November 1297 ) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and political leader during the Scottish Wars of Independence .
As a member of the Scottish nobility, of Norman descent, de Moray seems to have been an early advocate for the expulsion of the English. His first resistance came when he refused to sign the Ragman Roll (a declaration of allegiance of the Scottish nobles to King Edward I of England) in 1292 and then in 1296 . William Wallace's name was also missing from that list. In April 1296 he was captured with his father Sir Andrew de Moray at the Battle of Dunbar . His father was sent to the Tower of London while trapped at Chester Castle . A short time after his capture, de Moray escaped or was freed and returned to Scotland.
The English had taken possession of his fathers' castle, Avoch Castle, as a base for their garrison during his capture, but the young de Moray recaptured it. This enabled him to win the Scots to resist the British occupiers. King Edward I immediately assembled an army in York to break the Scottish resistance under Moray and William Wallace .
As Wallace prepared his troops against the English invasion, de Moray joined him with his own troops and it is believed that a large part of the victory of the Battle of Stirling Bridge on September 11, 1297 was due to de Moray's tactical skill. However, he was hit by an arrow and died two months later, in November 1297. In a letter on October 11, 1297, together with Wallace, he gave the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg free access to the Scottish ports. His death was a great loss for the Scottish freedom fighters. Andrew de Moray's son, also called Andrew , continued the fight against the English started by his father and grandfather and joined Robert the Bruce , whose sister Christian he later married.
Web links
- Andrew Fisher: Murray, Andrew (d. 1297). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 viewed October 20, 2011 License required
See also
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Guardian of Scotland 1297 co-regent: William Wallace (1297–1298) |
Robert the Bruce , John III. Comyn |
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| SURNAME | Moray, Andrew de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moray, Andrew; Murray, Andrew; Moravia, Andreas (Latin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman, military leader and political leader during the Scottish War of Independence |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1265 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1297 |