David II King of Scotland

1324 - 1371  (46 years)

• Name	David II King of Scotland  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	5 Mar 1324	Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1329
  	King of Scotland
  Occupation	12 Aug 1332
  	Edward Balliol invaded from France and defeated David's Regent, Donald (8th Earl of Mar), who was killed at Dupplin Moor in Perthshire
  Occupation	19 Jul 1333
  	Sent to the safety of France with his wife Joanna after Edward III of England defeated Sir Archibald Douglas at the Battle of Halidon Hill
  Occupation	1341
  	Returned to Scotland and took personal control of the country
  Occupation	17 Oct 1346
  	Invaded England in support of his ally France but was defeated and captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross (Durham, England)
  Occupation	1347
  	Robert the Steward (his nephew) ruled Scotland while David was held prisoner in the south
  Occupation	3 Oct 1357
  	Allowed to return home and his nephew Robert (whom he disliked) became king when he died childless
  Died	22 Feb 1371	Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
  Buried	Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I4677	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Robert I Bruce King of Scotland,   b. 11 Jul 1274, Writtle (Chelmsford), Essex, England ,   d. 7 Jun 1329, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth de Burgh,   b. Abt 1284, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Oct 1327, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	1302	Writtle (Chelmsford), Essex, England
  Family ID	F2369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joan Plantagenêt of England,   b. 5 Jul 1321, Tower of London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 7 Sep 1362, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 41 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1328	Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Drummond,   b. 1340, Fifeshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 31 Jan 1375, Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence, France  (Age 35 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1364	Fifeshire, Scotland
  Divorced	20 Mar 1369
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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