1241 - 1286 (44 years)
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Name |
Alexander III the Glorius of Scotland |
Suffix |
King of Scotland |
Born |
4 Sep 1241 |
Roxburgh Castle, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Acceded |
13 Jul 1249 |
Scone Abbey, Perthshire, England |
Died |
19 Mar 1286 |
Kinghorne, Fife, Scotland |
Cause: His horse threw him over the cliffs! |
Buried |
Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland |
Notes |
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Person ID |
I11837 |
Glenn Cook Family |
Last Modified |
18 Feb 2008 |
Father |
Alexander II of Scotland, King of Scotland, b. 24 Aug 1198, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland , d. 6 Jul 1249, Isle of Kerrara, Bay of Oban, Scotland (Age 50 years) |
Mother |
Marie de Courcy, Queen of Scotland, b. Abt 1218, d. 1285 (Age ~ 67 years) |
Married |
15 May 1239 |
Roxburgh Castle, Scotland |
Family ID |
F4609 |
Group Sheet |
Family 1 |
Margaret Plantagenet, b. 29 Sep 1240, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England , d. 26 Feb 1275, Cupar Castle, Fife, Scotland (Age 34 years) |
Married |
26 Dec 1251 |
York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England |
Children |
| 1. Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, b. 28 Feb 1261, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England , d. 9 Apr 1283, Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway (Age 22 years) |
| 2. Alexander of Scotland, b. 21 Jan 1264, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland , d. 28 Jan 1284, Lindores Abbey, Fife, Scotland (Age 20 years) |
| 3. David, b. 20 Mar 1273, d. Jun 1281, Stirling Castle (Age 8 years) |
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Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
Family ID |
F5405 |
Group Sheet |
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Photos
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 | Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scots
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 | Alexander III of Scotland Coronation of King Alexander on Moot Hill, Scone. He is being greeted by the ollamh rígh, the royal poet, who is addressing him with the proclamation "Benach De Re Albanne" (= Beannachd Dé Rígh Alban, "God Bless the King of Scotland"); the poet goes on to recite Alexander's genealogy. |
 | Alexander III of Scotland Coronation of King Alexander on Moot Hill, Scone. He is being greeted by the ollamh rígh, the royal poet, who is addressing him with the proclamation "Benach De Re Albanne" (= Beannachd Dé Rígh Alban, "God Bless the King of Scotland"); the poet goes on to recite Alexander's genealogy. |
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Sources |
- [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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