William Wallace
He failed. Scotland became free.
William Wallace was not a king. Not a nobleman. He was a minor Scottish landowner who led a popular uprising against English occupation in 1297. His greatest victory was the Battle of Stirling Bridge, where his forces destroyed a larger English army by letting them cross the bridge halfway, then attacking. Tactical genius born of desperation.
After his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, he resigned as Guardian of Scotland and fought guerrilla warfare for seven years. He was captured near Glasgow in 1305, taken to London, tried for treason against a king he never swore allegiance to, and executed by hanging, drawing, and quartering.
Wallace failed in his lifetime. But his resistance galvanized Scotland. Robert the Bruce finished what Wallace started. The Declaration of Arbroath (1320) and the Treaty of Northampton (1328) secured Scottish independence. The man who goes first rarely sees the promised land. He makes it possible for everyone who follows.
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