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It was Scotland that was destined to be on the receiving end of Edward' s deadly power games, which began, as always, by converting accidents into opportunities. The accident was the death in 1290 of the last surviving direct heir to Alexander III, King of Scotland. With her gone, the Scottish nobles were lining up for the throne. Someone was needed to judge the contestants. Well, guess who? The strongest claimants led the two most powerful family factions in Scotland the Bruces and the ComynBalliol alliance. They hated each other. Both were determined to have their man made King, and if they pushed their rival claims fully, their conflict would cause civil war across all of Scotland. Edward came north to decide which of the two rivals would be King. The competitors met him on either side of the River Tweed, near a place called Norham. |
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sū gé lán zhù dìng jiāng chéng wéi ài dé huá quán lì yóu xì de gōng jī mù biāo. zhè yī cì, yī rú jì wǎng, tā chéng gōng dì jiāng yì wài shì jiàn zhuǎn huà wéi le kuò zhāng de jī huì. zhè gè yì wài shì jiàn jiù shì 1290 nián, sū gé lán guó wáng yà lì shān dà sān shì, zuì hòu yī wèi zhí xì jì chéng rén de sǐ wáng. suí zhe tā de qù shì, sū gé lán guì zú men fēn fēn kāi shǐ jì yú wáng wèi, bì xū yǒu rén duì wáng wèi jì chéng jìn xíng cái jué, lái cāi cāi shì shuí ba. zuì yǒu lì de liǎng gè jìng zhēng zhě, lǐng dǎo zhe sū gé lán zuì qiáng dà de liǎng gè zú xì, bù lǔ sī jiā zú hé kāng míng bèi liè ěr jiā zú lián méng, tā men bǐ cǐ chóu shì, dōu yě xīn bó bó dì yào jiāng wáng wèi shōu rù náng zhōng. yī dàn tā men de chōng tū shēng jí, jiāng huì dǎo zhì sū gé lán quán jìng fàn wéi de nèi zhàn. ài dé huá lái dào běi fāng cái jué, wáng wèi de guī shǔ, tā zài tè wēi dé hé liǎng àn fēn bié huì jiàn le chōng tū shuāng fāng, huì miàn dì diǎn zài nuò lēi mǔ fù jìn. |