The Rulers of Scotland
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Robert I and
Isabella of Mar |
King Robert I
'The Bruce' |
Robert II
and Euphemia |
Robert II Stewart |
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Robert III and
Annabella Drummond |
Robert 3rd
of Scotland |
Alexander III
of Scotland |
James IV and
Margaret Tudor |
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| Alexander I |
William I |
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Douglas |
833-838 |
The 67th King (Buchanan, Rerum Scoticarum Historia)
Solvathius, The LXIV King, himself the Son of Eugenius the 8th,
was succeeded by Achaius, The LXV King.
ACHAIVS was the Son of Etfinus and was succeeded by Congallus
III, The Sixty Sixth King.
CONGALLVS, his Cousin German, reigned five years and was
succeeded by Dongallus (or Douglas, The Sixty Seventh King.(Buchanan) |
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THE HOUSE
OF ALPIN |
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| Kenneth I |
843 - 858 |
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| Donald I |
858 - 862 |
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| Constantine I |
862 - 878 |
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| Aedh |
878 - 879 |
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| Eochaid |
879 - 889 |
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| Donald II |
889 - 900 |
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| Constantine II |
900 - 942 |
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THE HOUSE
OF DUNKELD |
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| Malcolm I |
942 - 954 |
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| Indulph |
954 - 962 |
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| Dubh/Duff |
962 - 966 |
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| Culen/Cuilean/Colin |
966 - 971 |
| Kenneth II |
971 - 995 |
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| Constantine III |
995 - 997 |
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| Kenneth III |
997 - 1005 |
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| 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 |
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| Macbeth |
1040 - 1057 |
1040 - 1057
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| Lulach |
1057 - 1058 |
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THE HOUSE
OF CANMORE |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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 |
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| 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 |
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THE HOUSE
OF BRUCE |
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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. |
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David II |
1332 - 1333 |
December 1332 to June 1333 |
| Edward Balliol |
1333 - 1336 |
As above |
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David II |
1336 - 1371 |
When David
died childless in 1371, his nephew Robert the Steward became
king. |
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THE HOUSE
OF STEWART |
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Robert II |
1371 - 1390 |
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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. |
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James I |
1406 - 1437 |
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| James II |
1437 - 1460 |
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1460 - 1488 |
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James IV |
1488 - 1513 |
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| 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 . |
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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 |
1567 -
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 rumour 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 favour of
James, he became the King of Scotland and never saw his mother
again. |
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