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edward the first of england chose john balliol to be king of Scotland for many reasopns;
one was that balliol had a stronger claim he was the grandson of the first daughter of david earl of huntington
he would be easier to control than bruce
he agreed that edward was his overlord
he paid homage to edward 2 times
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoKing Edward choose edward because he wanted to be overlord of Scotland and john was weak so Edard could tell him wat 2 do!!:P
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