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KING WILLIAM
Known as ‘the Lyon’, he was born in c.1142/3. He succeeded his father as Earl of Northumberland on 12 June, 1152, but surrendered this earldom in 1157. He succeeded his brother Malcolm IV as King of Scotland on 9 December, 1165, and was crowned on 24 December, 1165, at Scone Abbey, Perthshire.
King William married, on 5 September, 1186, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon.:
Ermengarde
She was the daughter of Richard, Viscount of Beaumont-le-Maine, by Constance, illegitimate daughter of Henry I, King of England. She died on 11 February, 1233/4, and was buried in Balmerino Abbey, Fife.
Issue of marriage:
1 Margaret
She was born in c.1193. She married Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent ( d.1243), on 19 June, 1221, and had issue:
1 Margaret (Megotta) (1222?–1237); she married Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester (1222?–1262).
Margaret died in 1259, and was buried in the Church of the Black Friars, London.
2 Alexander II(
3 Isabella
She married Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (1212?–1270), in May, 1225, at Alnwick, Northumberland. She was repudiated by her husband on grounds of consanguinity in 1245, but was reconciled to him in 1253. The date of her death is not known. She was buried in the Church of the Black Friars, London.
4 Marjorie
She married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke ( d.1241), either before 14 July, or on 1 August, 1235, at Berwick-upon-Tweed. She died on 17 November, 1244, and was buried in the Church of the Black Friars, London.
King William also had the following illegitimate issue:
By the daughter of Adam de Hythus:
1 Margaret ( d. after 1226); she married Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216), and had issue.
By a daughter of Robert Avenal:
2 Isabella; she married firstly Robert le Brus ( d. before 1191), and had issue. She married secondly Robert de Ros, 1st Baron Ros of Helmsley ( d.1226), and had issue.
By unknown mothers:
3 Robert de London.
4 Henry Galightly; he married and had issue.
5 Ada ( d.1200); she married Patrick, 4th Earl of Dunbar (1152–1232), and had issue.
6 Aufrica; she married William de Say and had issue.
7 Unnamed child.
8 Unnamed child.
9 Unnamed child. No information exists about these three children.
KING WILLIAM
He died on 4 December, 1214, at Stirling, and was buried in Arbroath Abbey, Scotland.
He was succeeded by his son Alexander.
Alexander II
FATHER: King William the Lyon(
MOTHER: Ermengarde de Beaumont(
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ALEXANDER II
He was born on 24 August, 1198, at Haddington, East Lothian. his father as King of Scotland on 4 December, 1214, and was crowned on 6 December, 1214, at Scone Abbey, Perthshire.
Alexander II married firstly, on 18 or 25 June, 1221, at York Minster:
Joan
She was the daughter of John, King of England, by Isabella of Angoulême, and she was born on 22 July, 1210 (or, far less probably, in 1203 in Normandy). She died on 4, 5 or 12 March, 1238, at Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, and was buried in Tarrant Crawford Abbey, Dorset. There was no issue of the marriage.
Alexander II married secondly, on 15 May, 1239, at Roxburgh:
Mary
She was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy, by Mary, daughter of John, Lord of Montmirel-en-Brie. After the death of Alexander II, she married secondly John of Brienne, son of the King of Jerusalem, before 6 June, 1257. The date of her death is not known. She was buried at Newbottle, Scotland.
Issue of marriage:
1 Alexander III(
Alexander II also had the following illegitimate issue:
1 Marjorie; she married Alan Durward, and had issue.
ALEXANDER II
He died on 6 July, 1249, on the Isle of Kerrara in the Bay of Oban, and was buried in Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire.
He was succeeded by his son Alexander.
Alexander III
FATHER: Alexander II(
MOTHER: Mary de Coucy(
SIBLINGS: Alexander III did not have any legitimate siblings.
ALEXANDER III
Known as ‘the Glorious’, he was born on 4 September, 1241, at Roxburgh. He succeeded his father as King of Scotland on 8 July, 1249, and was crowned on 13 July, 1249, at Scone Abbey, Perthshire.
Alexander III married firstly, on 26 December, 1251, at York Minster:
Margaret
She was the daughter of Henry III, King of England, by Eleanor of Provence, and she was born on 29 September or 5 October, 1240, at Windsor Castle. She died on 26/27 February, 1275, at Cupar Castle, Fife, and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife.
Issue of marriage:
1 Margaret
She was born on 28 February, 1261, at Windsor Castle. She married Eric II, King of Norway (1268–1300), on c.31 August, 1281 at Bergen, Norway, and had issue:
(i) Queen Margaret(
Margaret died on 9 April, 1283, at Tönsberg, Norway, in childbed, and was buried in Christ Kirk, Bergen, Norway.
2 Alexander
He was born on 21 January, 1264, at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. He died on 17 or 28 January, 1284, at Lindores Abbey, Fife, and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife.
Alexander married on 15 November, 1282, at Roxburgh:
Margaret
She was the daughter of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders.
After the death of Alexander, she married secondly Reginald I, Count of Gueldres in c.1290, and had issue:
1 Reginald II, Count of Gueldres ( d.1343); he married firstly Sophia of Malines ( d.1329) and had issue, and secondly Eleanor, daughter of Edward II of England (
2 Margaret; she married Thierry VIII, Count of Cleves.
3 Isabella; a nun.
4 Philippa; a nun.
5 Guy(?).
6 Philip (?).
Margaret died in 1330.
3 David
He was born on 20 March, 1273. He died at the end of June, 1281, at Stirling Castle, and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife.
Alexander III married secondly, on 1 November, 1285, at Jedburgh Abbey:
Yolandeor Joletta
She was the daughter of Robert IV, Count of Dreux. After the death of Alexander III, she married secondly Arthur II de Montfort, Duke of Brittany (1262–1312), in May, 1294, and had issue:
1 Joan (1294–1363); she married Robert, Lord of Cassel ( d.1331).