:for the father of the king, see john i de balliol. for the 1825 play, see john balliol (play).  john balliol (norman french: jehan de bailleul, middle scots: jhon ballioun;stevenson, joseph. documents illustrative of the history of scotland volume 2.hary, blind. the actes and deidis of the illustre and vallyeant campioun schir william wallace.  &ndash; 25 november 1314), known as toom tabard (scots for "empty coat"), was king of scots from 1292 to 1296. ==early life== little of balliol's early life is known. he was born between 1248 and 1250 at an unknown location; possibilities include galloway, picardy and barnard castle, county durham.g. p. stell, "john [john de balliol] (c.1248x50â1314)", oxford dictionary of national biography, oxford university press, sept 2004; online edn, oct 2005 , accessed 25 july 2007. he was the son of john, 5th baron balliol, lord of barnard castle, and his wife dervorguilla of galloway, daughter of alan, lord of galloway and granddaughter of david, earl of huntingdon.dunbar, sir archibald h.,bt., scottish kings â a revised chronology of scottish history 1005â1625, edinburgh, 1899: p. 115 from his mother he inherited significant lands in galloway and claim to lordship over the gallovidians, as well as various english and scottish estates of the huntingdon inheritance; from his father he inherited large estates in england and france, such as hitchin, in hertfordshire. ==accession as king of scots== in 1284 balliol had attend
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