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Alexander II had two wives: 1. Joan of England (22 July 1210 – 4 March 1238), who was the eldest legitimate daughter and third child of John of England and Isabella of Angoulême. She and Alexander II married on 21 June 1221, at York Minster. Alexander was 23; Joan was 11. They had no children.
Alexander was the fifth (some sources say fourth) son of Malcolm III and his wife Margaret of Wessex, grandniece of Edward the Confessor. Alexander was named after Pope Alexander II. He was the younger brother of King Edgar, who was unmarried, and his brother's heir presumptive by 1104 (and perhaps earlier).
Political centres in Scotland in the early Middle Ages. The Kingdom of Alba (Latin: Scotia; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) was the Kingdom of Scotland between the deaths of Donald II in 900 and of Alexander III in 1286. The latter's death led indirectly to an invasion of Scotland by Edward I of England in 1296 and the First War of Scottish Independence.
Joan of England (22 July 1210 – 4 March 1238), was Queen of Alba (Scotland) from 1221 until her death as the wife of Alexander II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was the third child of John, King of England [ 3 ] and Isabella of Angoulême .
Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by Benjamin West, 1786. Alexander was born at Roxburgh, the only son of Alexander II by his second wife Marie de Coucy. [1] Alexander's father died on 6 July 1249 and he became king at the age of seven, inaugurated at Scone on 13 July 1249. [2]
Reverse of Alexander II's Great Seal, displaying the Lion rampant on saddle and shield Arms of Alexander II, as shown in Matthew Paris's Historia Anglorum, c. 1250 Arms of the King of Scots, from the Wernigerode Armorial, c. 1475 The arms in the Portuguese Livro de Armerio-Mor, c. 1509
File:Alexander II, King of Scotland, coat of arms (Royal MS 14 C VII, 146v).jpg, original inverted shield. Licensing This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
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