David II of Scotland

Reign: 1329 – 1371
Life: 1324–1371

During his childhood, David was governed by a series of guardians, and Edward III of England sought to take advantage of David's minority by supporting an invasion of Scotland by Edward Balliol, beginning the Second War of Scottish Independence. In 1346, David invaded England in support of France during the Hundred Years' War. His army was defeated at the Battle of Neville's Cross and he was captured and held as a prisoner in England for eleven years, while his nephew Robert Stewart governed Scotland. In 1357 the Treaty of Berwick brought the Second War of Independence to an end, the Scots agreed to pay a ransom of 100,000 merks, and David was allowed to return home.

During David II of Scotland's reign, Edward III of England ruled England, Orhan ruled Ottoman Empire, and Afonso IV of Portugal ruled Portugal.

Further reading: Narratives of the religious self in early-modern Scotland by David George Mullan

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