William, to obtain his freedom, has been …
Years: 1174 - 1174
December
William, to obtain his freedom, has been forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Falaise, under which he had sworn an oath of allegiance to the English king and agreed to the garrisoning of the captured castles by English soldiers at Scottish expense.
When William is released, after signing the treaty, he travels back to Scotland via Newcastle, and is attacked by a mob; such is the antipathy of the local people towards Scottish invaders.
Locations
People
- Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
- Henry II of England
- Henry the Young King
- Richard I of England
- William the Lion
Groups
- Scottish people
- Anjou, County of
- Alba (Scotland), Scots Kingdom of
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Brittanny, Duchy of
- Aquitaine, (Angevin) Duchy of
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- English people
- Anglo-Normans
- England, (Plantagenet, Angevin) Kingdom of
