Biography of Alexander III King Scotland 1241-1286

Paternal Family Tree: Dunkeld

1269 Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor

1274 Coronation Edward I

On 04 Dec 1214 [his grandfather] William "Lion" I King Scotland (age 71) died at Stirling [Map]. He was buried at Arbroath Abbey. His son [his father] Alexander II King Scotland (age 16) succeeded II King Scotland. His half first cousin Simon Senlis 7th Earl Huntingdon 7th Earl of Northampton 1138 1184 7th Earl of Northampton succeeded 7th Earl Huntingdon.

On 21 Jun 1221 [his father] Alexander II King Scotland (age 22) and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of William "Lion" I King Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 51). They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1239 [his father] Alexander II King Scotland (age 40) and [his mother] Marie Coucy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of William "Lion" I King Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 04 Sep 1241 Alexander III King Scotland was born to Alexander II King Scotland (age 43) and Marie Coucy (age 23) at Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 06 Jul 1249 [his father] Alexander II King Scotland (age 50) died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. His son Alexander III King Scotland (age 7) succeeded King Scotland.

On 13 Jul 1249 Alexander III King Scotland (age 7) was crowned III King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map].

On 25 or 26 Dec 1251 Alexander III King Scotland (age 10) and Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 11) were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh [Map]. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 44) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 28). He the son of Alexander II King Scotland and Marie Coucy (age 33). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 15 Aug 1255. In the same year, the King of Scotland (age 13) and his [his wife] Queen (age 14), daughter of the King of England, came into England, and, on the Assumption of Saint Mary [15 August] were with his lordship the King at Wudestok [Map]; upon which day, the said King held a great and most noble Court, nearly all his Earls and Barons being present.

Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 29 Aug 1255. After this, on the Sunday before the Decollation of Saint John [29 August] the King of Scotland (age 13) and his [his wife] Queen (age 14) came to London, the City being decorated and hung with tapestry.

On 03 May 1257 [his sister-in-law] Katherine Plantagenet (age 3) died at Swallowfield. She was buried in the Ambulatory, Chancel, Westminster Abbey.

On 22 Jan 1260 John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 17) were married. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 52) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 37). He the son of John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 42) and Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 34). They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 28 Feb 1261 [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to Alexander III King Scotland (age 19) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 20). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 21 Jan 1264 [his son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland was born to Alexander III King Scotland (age 22) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 23) at Jedburgh. He a grandson of King Henry III of England.

Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor

On 13 Oct 1269 the remains of King Edward "Confessor" of England were moved to a chapel east of the sanctuary in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Alexander III King Scotland (age 28) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 29) attended.

On 20 Mar 1272 [his son] David Dunkeld was born to Alexander III King Scotland (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 31). He a grandson of King Henry III of England.

Coronation Edward I

On 19 Aug 1274 [his brother-in-law] King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 35) was crowned I King England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 33) was crowned Queen Consort England.

Alexander III King Scotland (age 32) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 33) attended.

On 26 Feb 1275 [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 34) died at Cupar Castle, Cupar. She was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].

On 24 Mar 1275 [his former sister-in-law] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 32) died in London. She was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].

In Jun 1281 [his son] David Dunkeld (age 9) died at Stirling Castle [Map]. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline.

On 31 Aug 1281 [his son-in-law] Eric II King Norway (age 13) and [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 20) were married at Bergen. She the daughter of Alexander III King Scotland (age 39) and Margaret Queen of Scotland. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 37). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 14 Nov 1282 [his son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Gueders (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 56) and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 35). He the son of Alexander III King Scotland (age 41) and Margaret Queen of Scotland. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1285 [his mother] Marie Coucy (age 67) died.

On 15 Oct 1285 Alexander III King Scotland (age 44) and Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux (age 36). He the son of Alexander II King Scotland and Marie Coucy. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 19 Mar 1286 Alexander III King Scotland (age 44) died at Kinghorn Ness. His granddaughter Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland (age 2) succeeded I Queen Scotland.

In or before 1295 Arthur Capet Duke Brittany (age 33) and [his former wife] Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 33) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux (age 46). He the son of John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 55) and Beatrice Plantagenet. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 02 Aug 1330 [his former wife] Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 69) died.

John "Good" Capet and Jeanne Montpensier were married. He the son of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

John "Good" Capet and Perrenelle Sully were married. He the son of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Alexander III King Scotland 1241-1286 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Malcolm III King Scotland 1031-1093

Royal Ancestors of Alexander III King Scotland 1241-1286

Kings Wessex: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Scotland: Son of Alexander II King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France

Royal Descendants of Alexander III King Scotland 1241-1286

Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway x 1

Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland x 1

Ancestors of Alexander III King Scotland 1241-1286

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duncan "The Sick" I King Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Malcolm III King Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agatha

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria

GrandFather: William "Lion" I King Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl Surrey

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerbod The Fleming

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rurik Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois

Father: Alexander II King Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Fitzroy Viscountess Beaumont Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucie Aigle Viscountess

Alexander III King Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Beaugency

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Capet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois

GrandFather: Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Amorous" I King France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Fat" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alix II Dreux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux

Mother: Marie Coucy

GrandMother: Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy