On February 23rd 1310 happened the Declaration of the Clergy and the People in favour of King Robert Bruce from the Church of the Friars Minor in Dundee. Over the following years he controlled much of Scotland, thanks to a series of successful battles, especially in 1314 when, at the Battle of Bannockburn he defeated Edward II's English army.

It wasn't until 1320 after the Declaration of Arbroath that Scotland's independence took a larger step, and in 1324 the Pope recognised Robert as the king of an independent Scotland. Robert died in 1329.

King Robert the Bruce tune was composed by Archibald Morrison (1820-1895), a fiddler from Falkirk who was encouraged to play violin by his father, also a fiddler. Later in life he set up business as a violin maker in Glasgow.