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6 days ago · THIS week sees the 900th anniversary of the death of a King of Scots, Alexander I, and the immediate ascension to the throne of his brother, the much more famous King David I. Born at Dunfermline in either 1077 or 1078, Alexander was the fifth son of Malcolm III (Canmore) and his wife Queen (later Saint) Margaret.
2 days ago · From the 5th century on, north Britain was divided into a series of petty kingdoms. Of these, the four most important were those of the Picts in the north-east, the Scots of Dál Riata in the west, the Britons of Strathclyde in the south-west and the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia (which united with Deira to form Northumbria in 653) in the south-east, stretching into modern northern England.
4 days ago · Henry III, King of England. Mother. Eleanor of Provence. Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French ...
- 20 November 1272 – 7 July 1307
- Eleanor of Provence
1 day ago · One of Scotland’s most famous kings and folk heroes, King Robert the Bruce is also one of our most celebrated warriors, leading Scotland in the First War of Scottish Independence against England. The House of Bruce ruled Scotland between 1306 and 1371, with two Scottish Kings – King Robert I and his son David II of Scotland.
4 days ago · Henry III – king of England for most of the 13th-century; Richard – king of the Romans in the Holy Roman Empire; Joan – queen consort of Alexander II of Scotland; Isabella – wife of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II; Eleanor – wife of William Marshal's son (also named William), and later the English rebel Simon de Montfort.
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
17 hours ago · Eilean Donan Castle, located in the Scottish Highlands. Scotland, most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. The name Scotland derives from the Latin Scotia, land of the Scots, a Celtic people from Ireland who settled on the west coast of Great Britain about the 5th century ce.
5 days ago · Agreement between Alexander, steward of Scotland, and Deulecresse son of Aaron the Jew: Party 1: 4/26/13 (CDS, v, no. 21) 23 Mar. 1262 : Correspondence on various matters between Henry III and Alexander III: named person (transaction) 1/26/29 (Foedera, i, I, 417) 12 Dec. 1264 : Confirmation of donation by Alexander, steward of Scotland: Sicut ...
