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Alexander was born at Haddington, East Lothian, the only son of the Scottish king William the Lion and Ermengarde de Beaumont. [1] He was forced to spend time in England under the terms of the Treaty of Falaise, and (John of England knighted him at Clerkenwell Priory in 1213) before he returned home.
James VI became King of England and Ireland as James I in 1603 when his cousin Elizabeth I died. Thereafter, although the two crowns of England and Scotland remained separate, the monarchy was based chiefly in England. Charles I, James's son, found himself faced with the Civil War. The resultant conflict lasted eight years and ended in his ...
Edward II King of England 1284–1327: Alexander of Scotland 1264–1284: Margaret of Scotland 1261–1283: Eric II of Norway 1268–1299: Isabel Bruce c. 1272 –1358: Elizabeth de Burgh c. 1284 –1327: Robert I the Bruce 1274–1329 r. 1306–1329: Isabella of Mar c. 1277 –1296: Cecilia Dunbar: James 5th High Steward d. 1309: Edward III ...
25 September 1237 – the Treaty of York is signed by kings Alexander II of Scotland and Henry III of England, establishing the border between the two kingdoms. 1238 – Inchmahome Priory is founded by Walter Comyn. 15 May 1239 – Alexander II marries his second wife, Marie de Coucy. Undated. c. 1235 – the first identifiable Scottish ...
11 October–30 November – First Barons' War: King John besieges Rochester Castle and starves the rebels into surrender. December – First Barons' War: Alexander II of Scotland invades northern England. [1] 1216. January – First Barons' War: English army sacks Berwick-on-Tweed and raids southern Scotland. [1]
At a grand ceremony in St. Paul's Cathedral, on 2 June 1216, in the presence of numerous English clergy and nobles, the Mayor of London and Alexander II of Scotland, Prince Louis was proclaimed King Louis of England (though not crowned).
The Treaty of York was an agreement between the kings Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland, signed at York on 25 September 1237, which affirmed that Northumberland (which at the time also encompassed County Durham), [1] Cumberland, and Westmorland were subject to English sovereignty.
14 August 1244 – the first Treaty of Newcastle is signed between Kings Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland at Ponteland. The treaty arranged the marriage of Henry III's daughter, Margaret to Alexander II's son, Alexander III of Scotland. 1249 – the March law is first codified to settle with cross-border disputes in the ...