William Wallace

Type Figure Region Scotland Time c. 1270–1305 Also known as William Wallace、Sir William Wallace、Braveheart

Scottish military leader who served as Guardian of Scotland after his great victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, leading resistance to E…

Timeline

1301–1302Scotland · ScotlandBetween 1301 and 1302, after losing the formal title of Guardian, Wallace still organized resistance to English occupation across Scotland. Around 1302 he traveled to Europe seeking aid, but the independence movement as a whole was at a low ebb and his personal influence gradually became marginalized.
1305Smithfield · LondonOn August 5, 1305, Wallace was captured by English forces near Glasgow, taken to Westminster Hall in London for trial, and sentenced to death for treason. He was executed at Smithfield on August 23, becoming a symbolic martyr of Scottish national independence.

Sources

William Wallace — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Wallace-Scottish-hero
Wallace, Sir William — Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-28546