David 2
- Name : David II
- Born : 1324
- Died : 1371
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Battle of Neville?s Cross (1346)
History of Scotland
Our ongoing history of Scotland that chronicles the events in Scotland over the past million years with a special focus on the last thousand as you might expect. We have also digitised a copy of Patrick Tytler's History of Scotland which is an eccentric but wonderfully written history of the the mediaeval years in Scotland. The project of chronicling Scotland's history is ongoing, as is the process of organising and structuring and linking the pages together.
David 1
- Name : David I
- Born : 1084
- Died : 1153
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : King of Scotland, 1124
Charles 2
- Name : Charles II
- Born : 1630
- Died : 1685
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : The Restoration, in 1660
Alexander 3
- Name : Alexander III
- Born : 1241
- Died : 1286
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Battle of Largs, 1263.
James 7
- Name : James VII
- Born : 1633
- Died : 1701
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Renaming New Amsterdam, New York (1664)
King Angus
- Name : Angus, or Oengus
- Born : ?
- Died : d.761
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Gaining the throne
Malcolm 3 Canmore
- Name : Malcolm III Canmore
- Born : c.1031
- Died : 1093
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Marriage to Margaret (1069)
Malcolm 2
- Name : Malcolm II
- Born : c.954
- Died : 1034
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Defeating King Canute at Carham (1016)
Kenneth II, his father, had died in about 995, but argy-bargy about the inheritance kept Malcolm from the throne until 1005 when he lost patience and bumped off his cousin Kenneth III. As Malcolm had no son to carry on the line, he arranged political weddings for his daughters. This worked out quite well; one daughter, Bethoc, he married off to Crinan Abbot of Dunkeld (their son would become Duncan I), the other daughter he married off to Earl Sigurd of Orkney. (On Sigurd's death in battle, his son ' Malcolm's grandson, Thorfinn, became Scotland's vassal, with his lands in Sutherland and Caithness coming under Malcolm's wing.)
Malcolm's eyes now turned south, towards Northumbria. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1006, he allied himself with Owen, King of Strathclyde, and together they defeated the English King Canute at Carham (c.1016). His territories now extended as far south as the Tweed. That left Strathclyde.
Owen died in 1018, childless, and Malcolm then claimed Strathclyde for his grandson Duncan. This was not following the normal rules of inheritance however, and his enemies had him murdered later that year at Glamis.
Kenneth 2
- Name : Kenneth II
- Born : ?
- Died : d.995
- Category : Kings and Queens
- Finest Moment : Adding Lothian to his kingdom, 973.