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THE HOUSE OF ALPIN
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Kenneth I
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843 - 858
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Donald I
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858 - 862
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Constantine I
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862 - 878
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Aedh
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878 - 879
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Eochaid
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879 - 889
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Donald II
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889 - 900
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Constantine II
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900 - 942
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THE HOUSE OF DUNKELD
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Malcolm I
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942 - 954
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Indulph
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954 - 962
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Dubh/Duff
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962 - 966
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Culen/Cuilean/Colin
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966 - 971
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Kenneth II
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971 - 995
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Constantine III
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995 - 997
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Kenneth III
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997 - 1005
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Malcolm II
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1005 - 1034
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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.
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Duncan I
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1034 - 1040
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Macbeth
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1040 - 1057
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Lulach
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1057 - 1058
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THE HOUSE OF CANMORE
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Malcolm III
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1058 - 1093
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Malcolm killed
Macbeth at Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire and Macbeth's stepson some months
later to become King of the Scots.
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Donald III
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1093 - 1094
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Duncan II
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1094
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May to November
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Donald III
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1094 - 1097
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Edgar
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1097 - 1107
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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?.
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Alexander I
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1107 - 1124
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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.
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David I
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1124 - 1153
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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
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Malcolm IV
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1153 - 1165
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William I
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1165 - 1214
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The Lion, or Lyon
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Alexander II
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1214 - 1249
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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.
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Alexander III
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1249 - 1286
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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.
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Margaret
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1286 - 1290
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Maid of
Norway
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First Interregnum
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1290 - 1292
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John Balliol
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1292 - 1296
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Chosen by Edward I
at Berwick, but revolts against Edward. In July 1296 Edward defeats
Balliol but lets him retire to
France
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Second Interregnum
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1296 - 1306
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THE HOUSE OF BRUCE
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Robert I (the
Bruce)
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1306 - 1329
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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.
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 David
II
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1329 - 1332
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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.
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Edward Balliol
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1332
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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
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1332 - 1333
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December 1332 to
June 1333
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Edward
Balliol
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1333 - 1336
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David
II
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1336 - 1371
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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
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1371 - 1390
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Robert III
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1390 - 1406
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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
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1406 - 1437
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James II
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1437 - 1460
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James III
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1460 - 1488
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James
IV
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1488 - 1513
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James
V
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1513
- 1542
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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
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1542
- 1587
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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.
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James
VI
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1567
- 1603
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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.
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