Great Cause

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The Great Cause was the late 13th-century legal and political dispute over the Scottish succession that led to Edward I of England arbitrating among rival claimants, including John Balliol, for the Scottish throne.

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Great Cause canonical 4
the Great Cause 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
legal dispute
political dispute
royal succession dispute
appliesPrinciple primogeniture
followedBy Scottish resistance to Edward I
reign of John Balliol
follows death of Alexander III of Scotland
death of Margaret, Maid of Norway
hasAlternativeName Scottish succession crisis of 1290–1292
surface form: Great Cause of the succession to the crown of Scotland
hasArbitrator Edward I of England
hasCause competing claims to the Scottish crown
lack of direct heir to the Scottish throne
hasConsequence events leading to the Wars of Scottish Independence
tensions between Scotland and England
hasContext feudal law
medieval monarchy
hasDecisionDate 17 November 1292
hasEndTime 1292
hasJurisdiction Kingdom of Scotland
hasKeyLocation Berwick-upon-Tweed
Norham
surface form: Norham-on-Tweed
hasLanguageOfName English
hasLegalProcess assessment of hereditary claims
feudal arbitration
hasLocation England
Kingdom of Scotland
hasMainSubject Scottish succession
crown of Scotland
surface form: Scottish throne
hasNumberOfClaimants 13
hasOutcome Edward I asserts overlordship over Scotland
John Balliol chosen as King of Scots
increased English influence in Scotland
hasParticipantRole Guardian of the Realm
surface form: Guardians of the realm

arbitrator
claimants to the Scottish throne
hasResultingMonarch John Balliol
hasStartTime 1286
involves Edward I of England
Floris V, Count of Holland
surface form: Florence V, Count of Holland

Guardians of Scotland
John Balliol
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Scottish nobility
isPartOf Anglo-Scottish relations
history of medieval Scotland
precededBy Guardians of Scotland
surface form: Guardianship of Scotland

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John Balliol event Great Cause
Margaret, Maid of Norway associatedEvent Great Cause
this entity surface form: the Great Cause
Nicholas de Soulis participatedIn Great Cause