In 1306, he quarreled with his political rival John Comyn, stabbing the latter to death in Dumfries. He fled to Ireland after breaking the oath of fealty to Edward I sworn as the Earl of Carrick, but he returned in 1307 to defeat the English at Loudoun Hill. His patience, which he supposedly learned from watching a spider, 
In 1306, he quarreled with his political rival John Comyn, stabbing the latter to death in Dumfries. He fled to Ireland after breaking the oath of fealty to Edward I sworn as the Earl of Carrick, but he returned in 1307 to defeat the English at Loudoun Hill. His patience, which he supposedly learned from watching a spider, paid off in 1328 with the recognition of the Treaty of Northampton. For 10 points—name this king, the victor at Bannockburn and a hero of the Scottish War of Independence.
In 1306, he quarreled with his political rival John Comyn, stabbing the latter to death in Dumfries.
{Robert I} of Scotland [accept {Robert the Bruce}; prompt on {Robert} of Scotland]