william wallace

[explosiverex]

where was william wallace born?

[mrs.pudding]

he was born around 1270, probably near Ellerslie (now Elderslie), in Ayrshire.  There's quite a lot about him here 

[Gef]

Elderslie is in Renfrewshire not Ayrshire although there has been some dispute about his birthplace. Have a look at http://www.braveheart.co.uk/macbrave/history/wallace/eld er01.htm

[mrs.pudding]

Sorry - you're quite right about Renfrewshire of course.  I should have known - I was born in Ayrshire!

[Octavius]

From Stirling.gov

1272 - William Wallace born in Elderslie, near Paisley, second son of Sir Malcolm Wallace and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Reginald Crawford of Crosby, hereditary Sheriff of Ayr

> Spends much of his youth at his uncle�s farm at Riccarton, near Kilmarnock.
> Attends school in Dundee.
> Lives near Dunipace, Stirling.

[SASHAGREEN]

so is the movie braveheart a true story?