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Historical treatment of David I and the Scottish church usually emphasises King David I of Scotland's pioneering role as the instrument of diocesan reorganisation and Norman penetration, beginning with the bishopric of Glasgow while David was Prince of the Cumbrians, and continuing further north after David acceded to the throne of Scotland.
David I of Scotland © David was a 12th century king of Scotland who contributed much to his country's development through religious and administrative reform. David was born in around 1080,...
Key facts about King David I of Scotland who was born c. 1080/85, reigned (1124 - 1153) including biography, historical timeline and links to the British royal family tree.
David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler and saint who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Malcolm III and Margaret of Wessex, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093.
King David I. David I lived from 1080 to 24 May 1153 and was King of Scotland from 23 April 1124 to 24 May 1153. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. David was the sixth son of Malcolm III and Margaret, and taking both Malcolm's marriages into account was the fourth of Malcolm's sons to sit on the ...
DAVID I, KING OF SCOTLAND. Reigned 1124 to May 24, 1153; b. c. 1080; d. Carlisle. The sixth son of Malcolm III and St. margaret of scotland, David succeeded to the crown in 1124 just when his country was ready to enter into the mainstream of ecclesiastical reform then invigorating Western Christendom. His mother and brother had already ...
David I of Scotland © David was a 12th century king of Scotland who contributed much to his country's development through religious and administrative reform. David was born in around 1080, the youngest son of Malcolm III and his wife Margaret (later canonised).
