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Historic Battles Hollywood Got Embarrassingly Wrong

Soldiers displaying artwork in a mine
Real monuments men retrieve art in Merker's sale mines during WWII. BM(2017 via Flickr, CC 4.0).

Edward II Couldn’t Teleport

Medieval portrait of Edward I and Edward II
King Edward I conferring his son as Prince of Wales (later King Edward II). Public domain.

The release of Edward II shows the film version of Robert the Bruce’s humanity and mercy, making him a more sympathetic character. Winning the battle through the use of traps and strategy gave them enough honor. The problem with this scenario is that the Prince of Wales/ Edward II was not even close to the Loudoun Hills battle; he safely stayed far south of the site.

He went north shortly after the battle had concluded. He would later face the Scots at Bannockburn in 1314, when English forces invaded Scotland, which time with Edward II at the battle. Scot James “The Black” Douglas chased the defeated Edward II, but the new king managed to escape. But Edward would meet his fate in 1327 at the hands of his own noblemen.

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