William Wallace - Scotland's Freedom Fighter Documentary

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[@PeopleProfiles]

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[@TheEiasam]

Can you do one on Hungarian serf revolutionary Gyorgy Dzozka?

[@JeanCallaghan-ih9cp]

William Wallace is a true hero and what they did to him was brutal indeed!

[@suncitypro1]

William Wallace is an inspiration to ALL freedom living people around the world! I’ve admired him since I was a young man, and I’m now 75 years young! Great video! Very accurate to what I have read and heard about William Wallace over the years! Thank you.

[@jamesmason8436]

Freedom my arse. Replacing one king with another ain't freedom.

[@khankrum1]

Freedom for whom? Wallace was never interested in the ordinary man or woman.!

[@alanarmstrong701]

Wow that's some age my friend.good health to you..

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@khankrum1 he certainly isn't interested in titles

[@Paradox-vk9fe]

He would have burned English villages to the ground him and his men and like most soldiers back then would have killed most of the men unless they were worth some ransom and the woman were raped. Yes he fought for his country but he was no better than any other warrior back them. He should not be Romanized

[@generalposlijebitke6688]

"Him? That can't be William Wallace. I am prettier than this man!"

[@christinamussared2285]

Your island? Aye! It's mine!

[@phviolator2192]

You're a mad man!! Haa! Haahaa! Hahaa! And i've come to the right place...

[@enigma9971]

The best character in the movie

[@germaineboatwala-sidhva1079]

William Wallace was indeed an inspiring hero. The fact that he's still so famous proves his greatness. He lived and died by his principles. Well made video too!

[@winjiro]

Without Braveheart movie, even Scotsmen didn't know who Wallace was

[@paddyblah887]

@@winjiro why?! you clearly know nothing so why say anything?

[@addakgetkd9505]

@@winjiro bullshit

[@frankwilkinson6328]

No one knew of him until the film.

[@nuttybar9]

@@frankwilkinson6328 It was taught it in Social Studies in Elementary schools.

[@metalhead9315]

That was an amazing video! I had heard before that Braveheart was more for entertainment rather than historical accuracy. I also watched your documentary about Edward Longshanks and these two together paint a better picture of Scotland's struggle for freedom. Keep up the excellent work.

[@olinzodd]

As someone who is part Scottish, William Wallace makes me proud. And now I know where I get that fighting rebellious attitude :-)

[@truckinprepper8743]

Wallace = "Welshman" his male lineage is welsh.

[@danielmcgann86]

@@truckinprepper8743Scottish, Welsh, Irish are all Celts and fighters.

[@Alex-in2tj]

Great informative video of the legendary freedom fighter William Wallace. Paid the ultimate price for putting his country first

[@ethanramos4441]

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives” William Wallace

[@jamescrew5460]

Mel Gibson

[@briangreene7085]

Said something similar to a friend recently but it was more along the lines of "It doesn't matter if you've 1 ball or two, it's what you do with them that counts!", he lost a ball to cancer, but gets way more girls than I could ever hope to :)

[@iamkurgan1126]

Someone has watched too many movies.

[@briangreene7085]

@@iamkurgan1126 says the guy with the Highlander inspired YT handle? haha

[@iamkurgan1126]

@@briangreene7085 Says the dimwit that thinks I got the name from a movie. Unlikely you know what or who the Kurgans were.

[@jacey1963]

Great biography....really well researched and puts more flesh on the bones of the 'film' version of Wallace. Nicely balanced account......wish that we were and could all be free.

[@stephenreie9847]

Fascinating video, I was born in Robroyston hospital which is now house's and a supermarket,we used to play in the fields next to Wallace well, to think that the story of William Wallace is known all over the world and we would play in the fields where he was captured 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@samuricexful]

"I am William Wallace." -William Wallace, probably

[@williamsherman1089]

Ya think he might of said that a time or two in his life? I think it's a was more like "Hi, I'm William Wallace"

[@martingardener90]

@@williamsherman1089 Don't think Hi was a word in the English ( or Gaelic ) language in the 14th century.

[@krisharms2537]

No! I am William Wallace! Facebook says so!🙈 I am William Wallace!

[@WilliamWallace42]

I am William Wallace

[@gapgarcia4771]

Love this

[@coling8176]

Years ago I worked with a lad whose middle name was Wallace. He claimed to be descended from William Wallace and said it was tradition for every male descendant to be given the middle name of Wallace.

[@Daughterofminerva]

I knew that during the war of Scottish indipendance the Scottish nobles changed side lots of time, but never thought it was such a mayham. Half the problems Wallace had to face was by Scottish nobles, included Robert de Bruce.

[@PeopleProfiles]

The Scottish nobles always tried to back the winning side, where as Wallace fought for his country. A true hero. Welcome to the club by the way!

[@ornlu_the_wolf]

This is exactly the sort of comment I just made on the Biographics channel. I feel like Wallace was more of a hero than Robert the Bruce as he seemed to never switch sides. He traveled on behalf of an independent Scotland, was captured by France, was captured again by the English, suffered one of the more horrific deaths in history (can it get much worse?) and he always fought against the English and anyone who opposed Scottish independence. Robert the Bruce often backed England and waited to see if there was a chance for the crown. Did Wallace even care for the crown?

[@PaulaMitchell-xg7mp]

​@@PeopleProfiles William Wallace was a true patriot and freedom fighter, while Robert the Bruce was an opportunist with a questionable moral compass.

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

they may take down our lives, but they will never take away our FREEDOM!!! everybody dies, but not everybody really lives... the art of living a life by inspiration of a poet with passion of justice. this is a revolution of the mind, be excellent to each other! good show!!!

[@glenreddy1435]

He was a very brave man, no matter what else can be said. A freedom fighter in my opinion.

[@jamesdjl4359]

I just discovered your channel today. Im already in love with it. Im watching video after video. Keep up this excellent content. Thank you for your service and your attempts at clarifying accuracy and historical confusion.

[@livionian9142]

This is easily the best source on Wallace on KZbin

[@RYBATUGA]

Thank you!!! I found out about your channel while searching for videos about Richard III as he is one of the most interesting historical figures to me and subscribing to this channel was a great decision! I love Scotland and its history so thank you for this one! I prefer these medieval history themed videos to the modern history ones but I like them both. I also suggest a Bonnie Prince Charlie video!

[@PeopleProfiles]

Charlie will be done sir, thank you for the support and praise.

[@maureenoleary5277]

Freedom fighter and one of my heros. "I am William Wallace and you will be spared, go back to England and tell them there that Scotland's daughters and sons are yours no more. Scotland is free"

[@steevrawjers]

@Kim Wallace lol

[@W.A.T.P...55]

The movie is mostly bullshit...still a great film tho...freedom!!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@christinehanchey653]

Sounds like out President Trump.

[@bungodancereadie8018]

@@christinehanchey653 , lol, Trump is a bully, a coward, and a dimwit........His name should never be mentioned in the same sentence, nor on the same page, as William Wallace.

[@stevegarrett134]

Bungodancer Eadie says the illegal foreigners sucking on United States welfare programs meant for “ legal “ citizens 😂

[@TexanAmiga]

Fantastic! I’m looking forward to the next one. Thank you so much for doing this and sharing it!

[@matthewbryant958]

This channel does the best documentary’s! Brilliant as always

[@dixiepeach8698]

Thank you for your intense true fact finding. I have relatives, the Glass clan, who fought under/with William Wallace. What a great man, William Wallace. Blessing to you, Janelle-Atlanta, Ga, United States of America.

[@sanderson9338]

Lol how do you know they fought under him show me the historic proof. I am born and bred Scottish there are few records of actual persons who fought alongside him and even less that you can claim as heritage. Robert the Bruce is different as we know who he fought alongside sometimes. You are a yank that's been told nonsense.

[@karenbrooks1666]

Love Braveheart, I know, not historically accurate. But it introduced me to Sir William, and did my research, visited Stirling twice, and fell in love with him more once I learned his true history and Scotland's fight against us English. 'Alba gu brath' Xxx

[@welshwarrior5263]

This was absolutely stunning to watch. Thank you!

[@divingadventures121]

“In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland starving and outnumbered charged the fields of Bannokburn. They fought like warrior poets, they fought like Scotsmen and won their freedom.”

[@kevinbaconwasntinfootloose1742]

you've bleed with Wallace, now bleed with me.

[@steveperreira5850]

Scotland can be proud of those people way back then, but they should be ashamed of themselves now because they have chosen to remain slaves of England. Goddamn the people who willingly seek Enslavement.

[@casperwallace9685]

@@steveperreira5850 45% didn't, but England has decided if they can't starve Scots out they can breed them out, and slowly - the people who have moved to Scotland voted to remain. Scotland has still a few Toom Tabards still.

[@brettwinterton4805]

Absolutely brilliant mate even has alot if stuff I didn't know especially during his younger days the amount of research you put into these still amazes me I'm no historian but i do enjoy watching about it and everytime I watch one of your profiles I always learn something new thank you for all the hard work mate 🙂

[@PeopleProfiles]

Thank you for your praise and support Brett, we couldn't make these videos without you.

[@jeffmoore3154]

It's is hard to say what kind of man Wallace I lean more toward a freedom fighter only God knows! But Wallace has passed into icon and legend RIP!

[@jackmcnally9237]

Co-la-breith math !

[@TheNorthman429]

Robert de boyt was my ancient grandfather who fought beside wallace and was even a commander in 1 of the battles he was drawn and quartered as well.

[@JackEnnis-xo9no]

Yeah mate and Al capone is my great great uncle

[@paulakaysmith9151]

That is SO cool!😎

[@waykool698]

@@JackEnnis-xo9no oh yea? My super ancient grandfather is king leonidas. 💁‍♂️😎

[@wayofthewonderer]

Nice

[@suRGEangl]

@@JackEnnis-xo9no no way mine too

[@gameram6382]

Got to respect this guy. As a English man, And a ex British soldier. Scottish soldiers are great warriors natural. I was trained by blackwatch NCOs in phase two in Carrick. And lucky enough to serve with over Scottish regiments over seas on ops. Not to mention have great friends from Scotland. I have alot of respect for your nation and history.

[@daz1844]

Ex royal scots here one thing they can’t take away is history

[@julieloper291]

I am directly descended from Hugh Crawford of the Crawford clan who was the Uncle of William Wallace. Named for the first Crawford to be born in America, specifically Blairsville Georgia. Her name was Julia Matilda Crawford (daughter of Enos Crawford). So this is my history also. Had my DNA traced, and this 7th generation Floridian is 45% Scottish....go figure....

[@charlottelouise2344]

Ooo wow that's interesting

[@pw9133]

@@charlottelouise2344 bit cruel

[@davidbagley1783]

Ancestors Mom Grandma Iva 1919-2001 Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930 Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908 Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825 Revolutionary War Veteran Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820 Daughter of Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775 Richard Stout 1678-1749 John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ Son of Richard and Penelope.. Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730 Ayshire Scotland Daughter of John Crawford 1618-1698 12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649 11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644 10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560 7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541 6th Lord James Crawford 1470-? 5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513 4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-? 3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401 2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358 1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services. Hugh Crawford ? -1319 Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297 Sister Margaret married Alan Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace

[@davidbagley1783]

Aloha

[@davidbagley1783]

@@charlottelouise2344 ...wow

[@garymackay8774]

He is the true definition of a proud native who wouldn’t bow down to tyranny and his name will last forever in his peoples hearts what a boss.😣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@disaffected_malcontent]

thanks Mel Gibson

[@tustincaoc]

Excellent documentary!!! Top drawer!!! So much interesting information on this historic era.

[@jibranmujawar8434]

William Wallace was a true freedom fighter.. Salute to his courage!

[@jamesmason8436]

Yeah, freedom from one king in favour of another king. Proper freedom that.

[@michealcurrie8272]

The stone of destiny never left Scotland at anytime. Ever.

[@romelnegut2005]

William Wallace was both: an outlaw and brigand, in the eyes of the English and pro-English Scottish nobility, and a freedom fighter, in the eyes of other Scottish nobles and especially of the Scottish people who have had enough. Now, it's up to everyone to see him as he/she sees fit.

[@PeopleProfiles]

A fair assessment sir!

[@romelnegut2005]

@@PeopleProfiles Thank you! A thought crossed my mind. Let's imagine that Robert the Bruce, after freeing his people, said "You know what? Let's give the English a taste of their own medicine!". He gathers a large army, invades England and defeats the English in a number of occassions. Would have the Welsh staged a revolt against the English crown or would have they supported it, driven by fear that the English would have retaliated, in case of a failure? I know that such an invasion would have been pretty unlikely but I want you and others to see it as just a simple mind exercise and come up with some scenarios, backed up by arguments, pro and con.

[@romelnegut2005]

@Jimmy Mac I knew that Edward, Robert's brother, landed in Ireland and tried to defeat the English and the pro-English Irish forces but I didn't knew about them trying to open a 2nd front against England, once the English forces stationed in Ireland were defeated, with the Irish launching a seaborn invasion followed by a Welsh rebellion. Thank you for the information.

[@rickjones7329]

aye

[@romelnegut2005]

@@rickjones7329 Wait what? How is this even related to the matter at hand?

[@keithwallace1531]

Whatever the critics he was a brave man surrounded by nobles who weren't very noble and who changed sides whenever it suited them !he fought for freedom (like the people in Hong Kong today )and Russia ! Showing that tyrants can be defeated if people really stand up to them !but there will always be the unnobles ! And I'm proud to have his name Keith wallace

[@casperwallace9685]

Its in Scots DNA....😂

[@okiemax]

Im really enjoying this content. I started at your first video and have worked my way up here. Makes this covid isolation somewhat enjoyable

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

The left quarter of Sir William Wallace's body is buried in the grounds of Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirling, the Bishop of the day took it down from whence it was hung in Stirling and buried it, two elongated stones marked with W and W mark his burial site. How about you doing a video on the life of Rob Roy MacGregor.

[@hshsjwbshsjwjekjeje]

Bollocks

[@johnelliott7375]

I always was a great fan of this history because my family and it's name is originally from Scotland and the other side of his wife was from Germany and Austria, both migrating through the Ellis island.

[@JensenTSolo]

Any person who would stand against tyranny for the betterment of his people would be considered, by most, as it is with Sir William Wallace, a NATIONAL HERO. I believe the man did what he believed was necessary in bringing his people out from beneath the yoke of terrible masters. Besides, think about it, what country wants to be vassals of another, regardless of the circumstances? I'm not Scottish, not a drop of Scottish blood in me. English by half, actually, and I consider Sir William Wallace to be one of the most amazing, enigmatic, and impressive peoples throughout history. And the long road Scotland has gone through to be a free country of it's own is in part, due to his actions. Without them, Scotland may never of seen it's individual status, as the reason they have it are due to his actions in trying to obtain it.

[@johnelliott7375]

I agree with you on the second of the two theories with the use of the Long bow 🏹

[@LouiseDavenport]

Enjoyed this very much he was brought up believing that freedom was a God given right no one should have to endure tyranny from anyone.

[@maureennewman905]

We need to remember that , more so in 2022

[@DG-mv6zw]

Ironically the Scottish Nationalist Party's new law is doing everything to prohibit freedom of speech.

[@tncowgirl34]

I have been watching a lot of documentaries and travel shows about Scotland lately. My grandmother was a McLeary who's family came to America from Scotland. I would love to find out more about that side of my family, but have no idea where to start. I live in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. Our area was settled by Scottish and Irish settlers because it's been said that this part of the country reminded them of their homeland. Hopefully at least once in my lifetime, I'll get to visit Scotland and learn where part of my family came from.

[@Clan501-Scotland]

Good luck. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@stephenreie9847]

You really should try to take a trip to Scotland where im sure you will be welcomed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@painTaylormma]

Aye lassie I hope you do gen te visit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@cylon1983]

United you stand. Divided you fall. This is true of all societies everywhere.

[@alejandroruiz2432]

Mr. William Wallace. One of my My heroes in 2019.

[@williamstocker584]

Chinopisces your ignorance is showing

[@brendalong5772]

Definitely I believe Wallace was a freedom fighter. I am proud to say I am a decendant of his mother, Margaret Crawford. Long live the Scots!

[@sandraswift3489]

And the Picts defended Scotland against romans

[@MrKFNeverGiveUp]

Excellent video, Sir.

[@jamesboardman609]

I’m surprised to see only 500 or so comments!! History being what it is and Hollywood being the same…. This was for me … informative.. I do believe he was a man of his country….

[@solowinterwolf]

It's impossible to know this character with any confidence; he has subsided into deep time.

[@Mr.Sister896]

America needs William Wallace!

[@DG-mv6zw]

You shouldn't have fought to get the British out of America all those years ago then.

[@almason253]

The "Ragman Rolls" was a long and drawn out affair asking/forcing all Scottish nobles to pay homage to Edward by signing off on the document. Seals and ribbons were attached making it look like a rag. Now we know where the word "Rigmarole" came from.

[@alejandroruiz2432]

NO MAN OR GROUP SHULD BE ABLE TO DOMINATE ANY OTHER AGAINST THEIR WISHES. SIR. WILLIAM WALLACE 1270 AD. :)

[@steveperreira5850]

Thank you Alejandro, these are my sentiments also, and I can say that I have lived my life by these principles. Here in the year 2020, all around the world, ordinary people face the crushing Power of bureaucratic authority. The quintessential question of our time is whether or not Freedom loving people will prevail against unelected bureaucrats and the state power that supports them. I say this as an American that lives in the peoples Republic of California. Sincerely, Steve

[@ljury112]

@@steveperreira5850 Bravo sir. Glad to know you see what lays before our eyes.

[@steveperreira5850]

Lisa Thank you Lisa. The good news is it takes only a minority Of the population to organize a rebellion of sorts so as to seize back our freedom. I think the time is near.

[@dickbanger8924]

@@steveperreira5850 We are being ruled with tyranny over a bullshit virus and forced vaccinated against our will. I would say we are in our right to attack our government

[@briancarno8837]

He was of anglo Norman descent...If you want to look at one group dominating another look at where he came from the Normans and William the conqueror.. As it is today the elites only look out for their own advantage

[@bobbywallace5518]

My name is William Wallace and very proud of it my relatives came out of Scotland and settled in Victoria in the year 1853

[@bobbywallace5518]

@@RenaissanceMan29 My relatives came out in 1853 from Scotland

[@bobbywallace5518]

@@RenaissanceMan29 Edinburgh I think

[@dalekundtz4603]

A freedom fighter! Long live William Wallace!!

[@gordontaylor5373]

Sadly, he didn't. He died aged either 33 or 35.

[@williamstocker584]

Duhhhhh everyone knows that old man

[@paulgrimm6850]

Brave Heart was a classic movie.Mel Gibsons speech before the battle was fantastic and caught the spirit of William. I am Irish German but if could have chosen ,I’d choose to be a Scott

[@sanderson9338]

Take pride in your own history end of the day we are 1 people under the sun.

[@paulgrimm6850]

@@sanderson9338 But they’re man enough to wear skirts

[@KevinSmith-wi5sh]

Who scribed the declaration of arbroath?? Whoever it was is a fkn legend in my eyes. That and the Irish proclamation have got to be two of the most inspirational pieces ever written by rebels 👍

[@rickjones7329]

@Jimmy Mac i wished i could stand with you

[@rickjones7329]

@Jimmy Mac fight globalism thats a good start cause it binds the whole world under one ruler

[@rickjones7329]

@Jimmy Mac id fight against my own if that ever happened

[@kyledunn6853]

"William Wallace is 7 feet tall." "I've heard. And if he were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lighting frome his arse."

[@kevinbaconwasntinfootloose1742]

"Wait men, do not flee, wait until we've NEGOOOTIATED" 😭

[@achillamarie5651]

Hahahahahahahhahahah

[@AFatalPapercut]

"The almighty says don't change the subject just answer the fooking question"

[@papa-chogan7491]

Kyle Dunn from*

[@portorico2319]

bolts of lighting lol

[@washubrain]

Glory to all those who never submit to tyranny!

[@kikikelly2490]

Hmm..imagine that, a guy named "Blind Harry" proving to be a bad witness..

[@steveperreira5850]

Very funny Kiki, however, it seems blind Harry was a recorder of history has told him by Witnesses!

[@davidbagley1783]

Lolllzzz.. aloha

[@janwindset]

He was a freedom fighter...England would never understand that.

[@johnwallace3990]

When you think you have won the war or the battle, always remember: Your opponent has a say in the matter.

[@gwenynmel5682]

About his sword- many “Scholars” believe if they haven’t seen/read things personally it can’t be true. This has come to bite them later many times.

[@ryanbearden9709]

I wonder what the Scottish think of Robert the Bruce. He eventually won the Scots their freedom yet at the same time betrayed William Wallace as did most of the other nobles.

[@johnelliott7375]

My Grandfather's grandfather had come over right before the civil war in the 1850's and my Grandmother's father I believe came over after the war and worked in the coal mines until his 79 year and lived to be 83 I believe. Both their parents had farms and they got married before WW2 broke out he went to the western front and was returned for medical reasons and ends up working in the Bantam Jeep factory making Jeeps and torpedoes. After the first daughter in 1944 my mother was born a year or so later and the rest is history. My whole family has been veterans since the beginning of my family after the farm. My mom's sister has a son who is still in the Army today and has been so for over 20 years now. Great day to you all! 💥

[@tinak.356]

Nobody cares if the movie has facts or fiction! it's a wonderful movie and it brought this man's skills to the people of the world!!! God Bless William Wallace!!!

[@braveheart3372]

Very enjoyable watch and interesting facts wish there existed more sources of information and accounts; history is a mischievous entity when it up to us to fill in the blanks and speculate.

[@casperwallace9685]

Sadly true, the winners always write the history.

[@trojanette8345]

Very well narrated video.

[@PeopleProfiles]

He's very talented, we are lucky to have him.

[@scottwallace901]

Thank you for uploading this documentary about my ancestor William Wallace.

[@scottw.3258]

How do you know he's your ancestor?

[@elleweber2538]

Just learned yesterday that I am a direct descendant of Wallace. I have the tree going all the way back

[@TheSavin1]

Lots of good history and detail about Wallace's life. Nicely balanced by showing the Scots were not totally heroic. I could have done with some maps, to understand where the events took place.

[@dlcanady5251092]

John Wallace, Williams brother, is a descendant of mine. I remember my grandmother's cousin who coincidentally was a Wallace brought a family crest to our house when u was a kid...well before the Braveheart movie came out

[@davidbagley1783]

Ancestors Mom Grandma Iva 1919-2001 Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930 Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908 Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825 Revolutionary War Veteran Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820 Daughter of Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775 Richard Stout 1678-1749 John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ Son of Richard 1615-1705 and Penelope..1622-1732 New Amsterdam and Gravesend (Coney Island) Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730 Ayshire Scotland Daughter of John Crawford 1618-1698 12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649 11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644 10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560 7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541 6th Lord James Crawford 1470-? 5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513 4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-? 3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401 2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358 1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services. Hugh Crawford ? -1319 Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297 Sister Margaret married Malcolm Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace

[@jordancampbell6775]

They May Take Our Lives! But They'll Never Take Our Freedom.

[@kirsteenwalker4856]

If the greatest can come from anywhere, then what right has any person to entitlement, to be a virtuous man in a den of vipers is to solicit the most bites, that is the strength needed to be virtuous. William gave his life, but what is never remembered is that William accomplished his goals, he tamed those vipers

[@Mr813Fla]

Love this time of history. I have respect for William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and King Edward. Great men in their own right.

[@leanie5234]

Who is "kind Edward?"...I don't believe that ANYONE ever considered Longshanks to be "kind". King Edward was the enemy of my people (the Scots), and our national anthem is about the wars with him.

[@Mr813Fla]

@@leanie5234 lol meant King

[@MassiveLib]

I wonder if he would have gotten Scotland free and independent then joined the EU

[@Daughterofminerva]

Well, it is really debatable because Wallace was a medieval man, so he wouldn't have probably understood what it means to be a member of an institution like EU. He would have just thought of an indipendent Scotland with strong European alliances. Considering this, plus the fact the auld alliance lasted until at leat the 17th, and the fact that in Scotland the Remainers were more numerous than the Brexiters in 2016, I think that Wallace would have preferred to stand aside France than England.

[@MassiveLib]

@@Daughterofminerva a cattle rustler or Mel Gibson?

[@Daughterofminerva]

@@MassiveLib I really cannot say. And I think it is wrong to have a "black-or-white" view of him. At that time a person could be a violent man in battle but not being a bad person outside the battlefield. King Edward for example didn't have many troubles of conscience at killing people to do what he deemed was his right and his duty as a king, but in private he was a loving husband and a father who had a soft spot for his daughters.

[@MassiveLib]

@@Daughterofminerva the Scots need their hero's as most of their culture is French, Tartan, bag pipes, haggis...

[@michellemunn7959]

Braveheart is one of my favorite movies. And being Scottish that possibly have ties to Robert the Bruce I love the stories of William wallace

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

Braveheart is almost entirely a work of fiction, and the Bruces weren’t even Scottish. Most ‘stories’ of William Wallace are just that; stories.

[@williamstocker584]

Theroghtarmofthefreeworld470310 spoken like someone who doesn’t know anything go troll somewhere else

[@Jeff-xn1ew]

He was the face of freedom that didn’t agree with socialism, communism.

[@johnelliott7375]

I'm so happy that I come across the channel.

[@sobiesk]

Thank you very much for this concise but very detailed examination of the life of William Wallace. What do I think? Was he an outlaw? I think he was a law unto himself, and marched to another tune altogether, a higher cause, so to speak. I believe the account this documentary gives of the manner of his horrendous death ('execution' - so called) would serve well as an example of the English King's reign & legacy (though Longshanks had passed away when the aforementioned atrocity took place). I admit I have not investigated the life of Edward 'longshanks'. Accordingly, I would still see Bannockburn, in context, as Wallace's, posthumous and contemptuous riposte. Sequentially, a vivid token of Scottish outrage and indignation in fully fledged fury and rebellion. And so, William Wallace, himself, has become an exemplar of a quality the people of his country are known to possess in great measure, and a tradition that has earned a full blooded reputation as "Scotland the Brave". So William Wallace, indeed, proved that victory over tyranny, however powerful, is always possible and in doing so showed his countrymen a path to liberty. For this reason, to the Scots, Wallace, not Robert the Bruce, is 'Big Daddy'.

[@sanderson9338]

As as a born and bred Scottish man you talk nonsense. Braveheart is Robert the Bruce. My home city got charters for supporting him. Wallace was a hero but is inflated due to Braveheart the movie. Big Rab the Bruce is the daddy accept no substitute.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

@@sanderson9338 Had it not been for the heroic actions of Wallace, proving that the English could be defeated, the Bruce would never have had the following to succeed. Wallace was , indeed, the Braveheart!

[@sanderson9338]

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 lol 😆 😂 aye OK he was one of many beat the english

[@ronmcgill9366]

A well-balanced depiction!

[@rickjones7329]

My first ever Hero on earth, I have that same kind if spirit for 🇺🇸

[@rickjones7329]

@@RenaissanceMan29 well met my brother from another mother

[@rickjones7329]

My one dream is to come to scotland and visit were hes been and his hometown

[@DG-mv6zw]

​@@rickjones7329It's easy to foster a rebellious Wallace spirit from the comfort and safety of your armchair! 😂

[@merlin6955]

What a clearly well researched fascinating documentary clarifying historical facts. As a genuine half Keith Clan, half English man, I see little difference between the politicians today and the King and nobles back then. Wallace was a brigand, but a true leader with a worthwhile cause back then, but if he saw the SNP today, he'd be mightily dissappointed, as the English are with the WEF Tories. Another reformation of government is required for the United Kingdom, from the people, for all the people which we all deserve ... allegedly as Wallace's last word was "Freedom". Look up Magna Carta signed in June 1215 and still legal today, a fact our present Govt overlooks.

[@faeembrugh]

Not bad. It touches upon the confusing reality of Scoto-Norman noblemen switching sides from England to Scots and back again since they (which included Wallace) were more interested in retaining status and land rather than any modern concept of 'freedom'. In reality they were only interested in ordinary Scottish people as workers for their land.

[@lewisellis4711]

a freedom fighter! A man that was not interested in fame,glory or anything other than the freedom of his country and the welfare of the working-class of scotland. Not lords (who ultimately betrayed him for greed,land,money and arse-licking of longshanks! Thank god for the likes of william wallace. A true patriot and for all the complaining of Braveheart, mel gibson, brought it to our attention, which all of his critics did not and never have done. Shame perhaps of the way he was treated by his "true scot brothers' whom let him down for shameful reasons. Our Wallace coat of arms says "pro liberate". For those who dont know; look it up. Proud to be a Wallace. Trudy Jayne Wallace(Descendant) x x

[@theblackprince1346]

You spoil us.

[@gamerhalim4717]

I’m respectfully to William Wallace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 heroic deeds until the end. Same to our Indonesia 🇮🇩 heroes who fight the invaders until the end. 🫡

[@disaffected_malcontent]

the fact they haven't made an assassins creed game set in Scotland in this time period is very wasted potential.

[@johnelliott7375]

Worst part about that is the victors or the rich are able to doctor the truth over the years and manipulate it to tailor their needs. Thanks for sharing your work with me and my family.

[@BiggusDickus2]

History was written by the victors.

[@Ewen6177]

Your Production skills are getting way better here. Ref your above question outlaw or freedom fighter. I think at the start of his journey outlaw that went on to fighter. Would you consider covering another of my Scottish heros, James Graham (1st Marquis of Montrose) the Royalist Captain General of Scotland during the war of the three kingdoms.

[@PeopleProfiles]

Many thanks for the praise. We are going to cover every historical figure you can think of, I'll add Jim Graham to the list.

[@anthonybardsley4985]

He was a freedom fighter. I've been crying freedom from e. U control for years.

[@davidhoward437]

But you deny the same freedom to the Scots and Irish who don't want to live in your English-dominated feudal state. Your Johnson-Trump-Putin troika cannot defeat a free people!

[@anthonybardsley4985]

@@davidhoward437 I think Scotland voted not so long ago to stay in uk. I'd be in favour of granting a referendum to the northern Irish poeple too. There is independence in the e.u. None elected beauracratics.

[@rickjones7329]

And thats why you back Brexit party right?

[@whitejesus983]

This aged well.

[@davidbagley1783]

Ancestors Mom Grandma Iva 1919-2001 Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930 Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908 Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825 Revolutionary War Veteran Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820 Daughter of Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775 Richard Stout 1678-1749 John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ Son of Richard and Penelope.. Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730 Ayshire Scotland Daughter of John Crawford 1618-1698 12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649 11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644 10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560 7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541 6th Lord James Crawford 1470-? 5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513 4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-? 3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401 2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358 1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services. Hugh Crawford ? -1319 Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297 Sister Margaret married Alan Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace

[@liampaterson3424]

As regards Wallace's youth and education, it is worth looking at the experience of the English knight William Marshal. Both men were the younger sons of minor noblemen, had no lands or fortune to inherit, and had to make their own way in life. Wallace, like Marshal, may well have been brought up in the household of a more senior nobleman and there begin his training as a fighting man but also possibly be taught biblical stories, prayers and Latin.

[@WilliamWallace42]

FREEDOM!!!!

[@michaelkelligan7931]

FREEDOM!!! thank you gentlemen! As for your question i think he was both a brigand as well as a freedom fighter! Excuse me i have a video to watch. 😊

[@shawnthompson2303]

HAIL SIR WILLIAM! HAIL KING ROBERT! REMEMBER THE NAME DOUGLAS!

[@davidbagley1783]

Ancestors Mom Grandma Iva 1919-2001 Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930 Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908 Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825 Revolutionary War Veteran Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820 Daughter of Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775 Richard Stout 1678-1749 John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ Son of Richard and Penelope.. Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730 Ayshire Scotland Daughter of John Crawford 1618-1698 12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649 11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644 10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560 7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541 6th Lord James Crawford 1470-? 5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513 4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-? 3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401 2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358 1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services. Hugh Crawford ? -1319 Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297 Sister Margaret married Alan Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace

[@nbrocx4216]

Wow. What an amazing creation of a masterpiece of a video! (I hope this sentence makes sense. xD) Watching this video and then following it up by watching your video on "Edward III" seems perfect to me. I remember, that in the Edward III video, you told something in the end which roughly implied that "we should not judge beliefs and customs of those times with the beliefs and thinking of 'our' times, but instead, try and understand the thinking of people of those times from the perspective and thinking of 'those' times." That was a brilliant and wise statement from you, and has made me think a lot about how I have viewed history until now. Remembering that statement and thinking here, I can understand that acts of treason (according to the English/British) had to be met with harsh punishments. However, I still feel really upset over the treatment of WIlliam Wallace post capture. It is hard to imagine, and it makes me feel really sad about it. However, forms of executions were unusually brutal in those times. So, I guess, from their ways of thinking, it was only fair that a traitor must be treated like that. Thanks for this video. Appreciate the effort that goes into each upload. Have a nice day, The People Profiles team.

[@PeopleProfiles]

Thank you, that's very kind of you. There's are always at least two sides to any historical event or events. It's best to try and imagine how you would have acted if you'd have had the same upbringing as a particular historical figure. Criticism is the easiest thing in the world, especially in hind sight.

[@nbrocx4216]

@@PeopleProfiles You're welcome. :) That last sentence. Words of wisdom. So true. I have been one of those as well, at times, criticising without understanding other possible explanations and perspectives. I can imagine to be in their places, but, I feel like my solutions would be ineffective, and would probably make me look like a weak figure, to the point that if i was a king, some strong person of power would easily be able to throw me out of power. xD Plus, I believe more in science and facts than in religion, so, I think, the seriously religious people of those times would have probably not liked me. And, because of this thinking, I find it more difficult to imagine how I could have adjusted to the way people were brought up in those times. xD Still, interesting viewpoint from you. It was great knowing about your channel. Keep up the good work. My best wishes with you.

[@joanwajda8879]

Very good documentry. 🛶🔥💤💥💫🇬🇧🗞🛠

[@kirsteenwalker4856]

Isnt it strange that the Scots were allowed pretty much everything they had fought for minus their king, whom I'm pretty sure would have been supplicant to Edward, indicating a reluctance on Balliols part to return and a reluctance of the nobles to bring him back. They were fighting for their right to have a King, mainly so that those competing could be king, not necessarily for king John right to remain king. So the Scottish rights had been restored and the price ? William Wallace. If this was the price for peace do you not think William would have gladly payed it? To be made an outlaw for the price of peace by those that who's power he had maintained. Essentially William had achieved his goals, liberty of Scotland. He had set the example that the nobles must follow, he had fought and stratagised the English to a standstill, the price, the wasting of his country. He had diplomatically won in Europe, shaming Edward and all his glory by reducing him to a trespasser and tyrant for all the world to hear of. Edward so hated Wallace that he forsook Scotland to remove him from the political scene and conived to capture the man he could not conquer. Every other player could be manipulated, had their price, and Edward payed it. In doing so William was removed from the game and isolated. What choice did William have? His most effective strategy was scorched earth, which meant his own people dying of starvation. He knew that was unsustainable, in much the same way as Edward now knew conquering Scotland without the nobles consent couldn't be done. In that respect it very much could have went Edward's way, by buying or bullying the Scots, but for one man. William shamed the nobles by his example, for I think that what happened at Irvine set the precedent for what was to come as far as the nobility was concerned. People think Irvine was a defeat, a capitulation. It wasnt, the Scottish nobles got exactly what they wanted, what they turned out for. What threw it all to pot was what William then done at Stirling. Can you see what a threat to the establishment this was ? These great Scottish nobles cant do what William did, so why the hell do we need the nobles ? At the very least they had to show their worth by taking up arms, until such times as the people themselves were either victorious, defeated, Wallace dead or sick of war. The one thing they could not do now, which they could have before Stirling, is acquiesce. In the same way as he shamed the nobles he prevented Edward's schemes to have the nobles acquiesce, not only did he beat an English field army and make the conquest of Scotland untenable, but William then let the highest courts of europe know the tyranny of Edward. Reputation was everything to these men. To not crusade was shameful, imagine being declared a tyrant, an unjust tyrant, trying to exploit your weaker Christian neighbour. That's like being the head of a company being caught with his hand in the till, and someone else's at that. The shame and humiliation, justly, put upon Edward. Wallace had done the one thing your not supposed to do, the one thing that your not supposed to be able to do. He had turned the whole entire game on its head and in doing so had exposed its players to the ultimate scrutiny, the truth. Not just the misdeeds of others, that's only half of it, but he had stepped forward as a shining example of what these other players had been pretending to be, a true noble. Not in rank, but in spirit. Wallace's greatest offence was in a common man exposing every other to be lesser, even kings.

[@settekwan2708]

Oh...so he doesn't look like Mel Gibson...at all

[@UlfhedinnNorsk]

Who else is catching up on history during this facking quarantine?

[@williampatterson4557]

Me me me me lol,happy new year pal please keep safe from this covid19,I heard they had put DNA off William Wallace into the vaccine to try and run out this horrible virus, just shout FREEDOM........ CHEERS BILLY THE BUFFER PATTERSON X

[@KevinSmith-wi5sh]

Is it true that the only lake in Scotland is named Lake Menteith to scorn Menteith because it was him who gave Wallace to the English??