His patience, which he supposedly learned from watching a spider, paid off in 1328 with the recognition of the Treaty of Northampton.
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]