Biography of King Alexander III of Scotland 1241-1286

Paternal Family Tree: Dunkeld

1254 Wedding of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile

1269 Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor

On 21st June 1221 [his father] King Alexander II of 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 of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of [his grandfather] King William I of Scotland and [his grandmother] 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] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 40) and [his mother] Marie Coucy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [his grandfather] King William I of Scotland and [his grandmother] 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 4th September 1241 King Alexander III of Scotland was born to King Alexander II of 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 6th July 1249 [his father] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 50) died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. His son Alexander (age 7) succeeded King Scotland.

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

On 25 or 26th December 1251 King Alexander III of 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. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 44) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 28). He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy (age 33). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

1254 Wedding of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile

On 1st November 1254 [his brother-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 15) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 13) were married at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. She the daughter of Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon and Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 34). He the son of [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 47) and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 31). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 15th August 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. 29th August 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 28th February 1261 [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to King Alexander III of Scotland (age 19) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 20). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

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

Battle of Evesham

                    On 4th August 1265 the army loyal to [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 57), led by his son the future [his brother-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 26), supported by Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 21), Warin Basingburne and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 33) defeated the rebel army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 57) at the Battle of Evesham.
                
                    Roger Leybourne (age 50) fought and reputedly saved the King's life.
                
                    Adam Mohaut rescued the King.
                
                    Alan de Plugenet of Kilpec fought for the King.
                
                    Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester was killed. Earl of Leicester, Earl Chester forfeit. His son Henry Montfort (age 26) was also killed. 
                
                    Hugh Despencer (age 41) was killed by Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 34). Baron Despencer extinct. It may not have been created as a hereditary barony.
                
                    Simon Beauchamp (age 31), Ralph Basset (age 50), William Devereux (age 46), Hugh Troyes, Richard Trussel, Peter Montfort (age 60), William Mandeville, William Crepping, William Birmingham, Guy Balliol and Thomas Astley (age 50) were killed. Henry Hastings (age 30), Humphrey Bohun (age 44), Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave (age 27), John Vesci, John Fitzjohn and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 21) were captured.
                
                    John Vesci was wounded and taken prisoner.

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On 25th October 1265 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 20) was created 1st Earl of Leicester.

In 1267 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 21) was created 1st Earl Lancaster.

On 8th April 1269 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 24) and Aveline Forz 6th Countess Albemarle and Lancaster were married. She by marriage Countess Lancaster. She the daughter of William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle and Isabella Redvers 8th Countess Devon and Albemarle (age 31). He the son of [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 61) and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 46). They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor

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

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

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

Death of Henry III

On 16th November 1272 [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 65) died at Westminster [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward (age 33) succeeded I King of England. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort England.

Coronation of King Edward I

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

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

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

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

On 31st August 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 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 39) and [his former wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 37). They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 14th November 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 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 41) and [his former wife] 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.

On 9th April 1283 [his granddaughter] Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland was born to [his son-in-law] Eric II King Norway (age 15) and [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 22) at Tønsberg. Her mother died in childbirth and was buried at Tønsberg. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 28th January 1284 [his son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland (age 20) died at Lindores Abbey, Newburgh. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].

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

On 15th October 1285 King Alexander III of 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 King Alexander II of 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 19th March 1286 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 44) died at Kinghorn Ness. His granddaughter [his granddaughter] Margaret (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 [his former mother-in-law] Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux (age 46). He the son of John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 55) and [his former sister-in-law] 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.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 2nd August 1330 [his former wife] Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 69) died.