Rulers of Scotland 843 1603

I thought we could take a look at this time frame , in the history of the rulers of Scotland . Then if we wanted to follow up on the history side we have a base to start from .My research records show I was into this type of ancestral research - over twenty ( 20 ) years ago . Their is also a huge amount of back up material found in my researching at that time . As we are only dealing with a more or less straight line of inheritance I have copied and pasted to this journal just this part .Lately some call it a " Clayton " that in it self is an honour , and must mean only the best research being used . ( Of course they weren't to know how i was thrilled at that acknowledgement of my work from other members . The reason being - my intials are --> ( A.C.E. ) the C being - wait for the punch line ------ " CLAYTON " from my mothers side who was one of the best . sorry about the little funny story . I just had to tell it !! what an honour. On with the work in hand - It may of interest to some member of scotch heritage as many scotch family lines go back to Royalty. I have already done a journal on this and brought it to your attention

The Rulers of Scotland

THE HOUSE OF ALPIN
Kenneth I
843 - 858

Donald I
858 - 862

Constantine I
862 - 878

Aedh
878 - 879

Eochaid
879 - 889

Donald II
889 - 900

Constantine II
900 - 942

THE HOUSE OF DUNKELD
Malcolm I
942 - 954

Indulph
954 - 962

Dubh/Duff
962 - 966

Culen/Cuilean/Colin
966 - 971

Kenneth II
971 - 995

Constantine III
995 - 997

Kenneth III
997 - 1005

Malcolm II
1005 - 1034
Malcolm killed his cousin, Kenneth III, to become king in 1005 . He was the first King of Scots for almost a century who died in his bed.

Duncan I
1034 - 1040

Macbeth
1040 - 1057

Lulach
1057 - 1058

THE HOUSE OF CANMORE

Malcolm III
1058 - 1093
Malcolm killed Macbeth at Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire and Macbeth's stepson some months later to become King of the Scots.

Donald III
1093 - 1094

Duncan II
1094

May to November
Donald III
1094 - 1097

Edgar
1097 - 1107
Variously reported as third or fourth son of Malcolm III ?Was he the third son of the second marriage, Duncan II being a child of the 1st marriage?.

Alexander I
1107 - 1124
Alexander was the son of Malcolm III by Malcolm's second wife Margaret. He married Sybilla, one of Henry I's illegitimate daughters. Alexander had no children who could succeed him, so he was succeeded by his brother David I who during Alexander's reign had controlled much of Scotland 's southern territories.

David I
1124 - 1153
David was the youngest son of Malcolm Canmore and Margaret. He was educated at the court of Henry I, and married Maud de Senlis to become the Earl of Huntingdon. From 1136 he assisted his niece, Matilda with her claim to the English crown, but was beaten at the Battle of Standard in 1138 by Stephen. During his reign he greatly increased his territories and in 1141 and later occupied the whole of the north of England to the Ribble and the Tees .

Malcolm IV
1153 - 1165

William I
1165 - 1214

The Lion, or Lyon
Alexander II
1214 - 1249
Alexander was successful in regaining control on the more outer reaches of the kingdom and attempted to regain land that had been taken by the English. This attempt was abandoned in 1237 with the Treaty of York. Alexander died attempting to regain the Western Isles from control by the Norwegians. He was followed by his son, Alexander III.

Alexander III
1249 - 1286
Alexander married Margaret one of Henry III's daughters. Although Margaret had children, they all died before Alexander, and Alexander's second wife had no children. Alexander had a granddaughter called Margaret who did succeed him. Margaret was known as the Maid of Norway.

Margaret
1286 - 1290

Maid of Norway
First Interregnum
1290 - 1292

John Balliol
1292 - 1296
Chosen by Edward I at Berwick, but revolts against Edward. In July 1296 Edward defeats Balliol but lets him retire to France .

Second Interregnum
1296 - 1306

THE HOUSE OF BRUCE
Robert I (the Bruce)
1306 - 1329
Son of Robert Bruce. when he died in 1329, his body was interred at Dunfermline Abbey, the resting place of other Scottish monarchs, and his heart was taken by Sir James Douglas to the Holy Land . However, Douglas was killed in one of the many battles of the Crusades before he could reach his destination.

David II
1329 - 1332
David II was the elder and only surviving son of Robert I and his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh, born on 5 March 1324 after his parents had been married for 22 years. He was only four when he himself was married to Princess Joanna of England in accordance with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.

Edward Balliol
1332
November to December. Edward was the eldest son of John Balliol, the king of the Scots. With help from Edward III, king of England , Edward Balliol claimed the Scottish throne after defeating David II at Dupplin Muir in 1332. He was forced to relinquish the throne a few months later, but was helped back into power in 1333 by Edward III.

David II
1332 - 1333
December 1332 to June 1333

Edward Balliol
1333 - 1336

David II
1336 - 1371
When David died childless in 1371, his nephew Robert the Steward became king.

THE HOUSE OF STEWART
Robert II
1371 - 1390

Robert III
1390 - 1406
Robert III, a cripple and an invalid, succeeding his father on the throne, the government of the kingdom was conducted first by his brother, the Duke of Albany, then for two years by the king's elder son, the Duke of Rothesay.

James I
1406 - 1437

James II
1437 - 1460

James III
1460 - 1488

James IV
1488 - 1513

James V
1513 - 1542
after James IV died at Flodden , his son, James V, was just 17 months old when he was crowned. By the Will of James IV, his wife, Margaret Tudor was to be the Regent so long as she remained unwed. Margaret had remarried in 1514 to Archibald Douglas, the 6th Earl of Angus. Angus took control over the boy king and the realm until James V was old enough to run him out of Scotland .

Mary Queen of Scots
1542 - 1587
Mary was a baby when she was crowned at Stirling Castle , the only legitimate child of James V who died immediately after her birth. Not only was she Queen of Scotland , but as the granddaughter of Margaret Tudor, she was in line for the throne of England after the children of Henry VIII.

James VI
567 - 1603
James VI of Scotland was the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots. James' father was Lord Darnley (Henry Stewart) who had been killed in a suspicious explosion, the rumor being that the explosion was caused by Mary and Lord Bothwell, whom she would later marry. At thirteen months when Mary was forced to abdicate in favor of James, he became the King of Scotland and never saw his mother again.
Douglas descendants of King Robert II

Till mwe meet again _Regards - edmondsallan