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His father, John, became king in 1292, when the contest for the vacant Scottish throne-known as the Great Cause-was decided in his favour by a feudal court held at Berwick-upon-Tweed presided over by Edward I, King of England. Before the matter could be considered Edward had insisted that all of the claimants, who included Robert Bruce of Annandale-the grandfather of the future king-recognise him as Lord Paramount of the realm. Edward used this concession to undermine both the authority of John as a king and the independence of Scotland as a nation. By 1295 matters had gone so far that Scotland broke its connection with England and entered into a formal agreement with France, in time to be known as the Auld Alliance. It is in this treaty that Prince Edward Balliol makes his first entry on to the stage of history.