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PortraitPersonYearsLifeOn the chart
AWAlan WallaceFather, named on the seal of 1297Not recordedPossibly the Alan Wallace who held land of the crown in Ayrshire.

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MWMalcolm WallaceBrother of WilliamNamed in 1299Named as his brother in an English report of 1299.

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Portrait of William WallaceWilliam WallaceGuardian of Scotland, 1297 to 1298c. 1270–1305Executed at Smithfield in London in 1305.

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JWJohn WallaceBrother in the chronicles?–1307Executed in London in 1307, his link to William disputed.

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MBMarion BraidfuteWife in Blind Harry’s poemLegendA figure of legend, named only in later versions of the poem.

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UUnnamed daughterDaughter in Blind Harry’s poemLegendA figure of legend with no name and no record.

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  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The William Wallace family tree, from the record to the legend. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/william-wallace-family-tree
  • MLA“The William Wallace Family Tree, from the Record to the Legend.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/william-wallace-family-tree.
  • ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The William Wallace Family Tree, from the Record to the Legend.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/william-wallace-family-tree.
  • HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The William Wallace Family Tree, from the Record to the Legend. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/william-wallace-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).

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Sources

Every source of this William Wallace family tree was opened on 10 November 2026, institutions first and Wikipedia only where none gives the detail. The People of Medieval Scotland database asked for a browser check and was not read.

National Records of Scotland, Scottish Archives for Schools

  1. William Wallace and the Lübeck letter, 1297
  2. William Wallace, Guardian of the Realm, 1297-1298

The Breaking of Britain

  1. This week, 20 August 1299

Undiscovered Scotland

  1. Sir William Wallace

Dictionary of National Biography, on Wikisource

  1. Wallace, William (1272?-1305)

Electric Scotland

  1. Sir William Wallace, chapter II, Wallace’s Family and Early Years

Wikipedia

  1. William Wallace
  2. Marion Braidfute
  3. Blind Harry
  4. Braveheart

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