Robert the Bruce kills John Comyn
1306 · Event
Before the high altar of the Greyfriars church at Dumfries, Bruce stabs his rival John Comyn — a sacrilegious murder that leaves him no road but to seize the crown, which he does at Scone seven weeks later.
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