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Alexander III King of Scotland

Male 1241 - 1286  (44 years)


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  • Name Alexander III King of Scotland  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 4 Sep 1241  Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1249 
    King of Scotland 
    Occupation 13 Jul 1249 
    Enthroned in Scone Abbey, Perthshire, Scotland, succeeding his father, Alexander II 
    Occupation 25 Dec 1251 
    Knighted by Henry III at York 
    Occupation 19 Mar 1286 
    Returned on horseback to Kinghorn Castle after meeting his Council in Edinburgh 
    Died 19 Mar 1286  Pettycur, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Killed when his horse stumbled and rolled over a cliff 
    Buried 29 Mar 1286  Dunfermline Abbey, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4578  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Alexander II King of Scotland,   b. 24 Aug 1198, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1249, Isle of Kerrara, Bay of Oban, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Marie de Coucy,   b. Abt 1218, Boves, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1251, Brienne-le-Château (ar. Bar-sur-Aube), Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Married 15 May 1239  Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Plantagenêt Queen of Scotland,   b. 5 Oct 1240, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1274, Cupar Castle, Cuper, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1251  York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Queen of Norway,   b. 28 Feb 1260, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1283, Tönsberg, Vestford, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Yolande de Dreux,   b. Abt 1265, Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, Beauce (Centre), France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1322, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 14 Oct 1285  Jedburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume V, p. 737 (chart).

    2. [S576] Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Troisième Édition, la Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 2 août 1726-1733), Volume 1, pp. 428 & 451.

    3. [S673] Histoire généalogique des maisons de Guînes, de Gand, et de Coucy, André du Chesne Tourangeau, (Sébastien Cramoisy, Paris, 1631), 232 & p. 254.

    4. [S723] Nobiliaire du diocèse et de la généralité de Limoges, Joseph Nadaud, (Imprimerie de Chapoulaud Frères & V. H. Ducourtieux, Libraire-Éditeur, Limoges, 1863-1882), Tome III, p. 99.