King William I (The Lion) Scotland 
William I, known as The Lion, was born in 1143. The Lion's father was Earl Henry Earl Of Huntingdon and his mother was Adam de Warenne. His paternal grandparents were David I "The Saint" King Of Scotland and Matilda Maud deLens; his maternal grandparents were Earl William III de Warenne and Countess Isabel de Vermandois. He had a brother and three sisters, named David, Margaret, Margret and Ada Princess. He was the oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 71 on December 4th, 1214 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.General Notes
King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214; although he submitted to Englishoverlordship for 15 years 1174-89) of his reign, he ultimately obtainedindependence for his kingdom. William was the second son of the ScottishHenry, Earl of Northumberland, whose title he inherited in 1152. He wasforced, however, to relinquish this earldom to King Henry II of England(reigned 1154-89) in 1157. Succeeding to the throne of his elder brother,King Malcolm IV, in 1165, William joined a revolt of Henry's sons (1173)in an attempt to regain Northumberland. He was captured near Alnwick,Northumberland in 1174 and released after agreeing to recognize theoverlordship of the king of England and the supremacy of the Englishchurch over the Scottish church.
Upon Henry's death in 1189, William obtained release from his feudalsubjection by paying a large sum of money to England's new king, RichardI (reigned 1189-99). In addition, although William had quarreled bitterlywith the papacy over a church appointment, Pope Celestine III ruled in1192 that the Scottish church owed obedience only to Rome, not toEngland. During the reign of King John in England, relations betweenEngland and Scotland deteriorated over the issue of Northumberland untilfinally, in 1209, John forced William to renounce his claims. In hiseffort to consolidate his authority throughout Scotland, William evelopeda small but efficient central administrative bureaucracy. He charteredmany of the major burghs of modern Scotland and in 1178 founded ArbroathAbbey, which had become probably the wealthiest monastery in Scotland bythe time of his death. William was succeeded by his son Alexander II.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1013 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
- b.0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1033 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.0984 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1014 in Northumberland, England d.1040
- b.0997
- b.BET 1080 AND 1082 in Of, , , Scotland d.24 May 1153 in , Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 0988 in Of, , Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.1016 in , , Wessex, England d.1057 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0986 in Of,,Wessex,England d.1016
- b.BET 1042 AND 1045 in Of, Wessex, , England d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- b.1006 in Brunswick, Germany d.1038
- b.~ 1018 in , , Braunschweig, Prussia d.13 Jul 1024
- b.~ 1006 in Of, , Nordgau Region, Medieval States d.1077
- b.~ 1114 in Henry, Earl of Huntingdon 2nd son d.12 Jun 1152 in Kelso Abbey Roxburghshire
- b.1016 d.1076
- b.1025 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016
- b.1017 d.1098
- b.0975 in Normandy, France d.6 Mar 1051/1052
- b.1080 d.1130
- b.0997 d.1049
- b.1020 d.1054
- b.1004 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1054 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0999 in Normandy,France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.1027 d.1054
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.1143 d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0950 d.DECEASED
- b.~ 0998 in France
- b.Bet. 1034 - 1035 in Bellencombe,Seine Interieure,Fance d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes,Sussex,England
- b.~ 0992
- b.~ 1020 in France d.< 1059
- b.1081 in Sussex,England d.11 May 1138 in Lewes,Sussex,England
- b.0999 in Normandy,France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentruvilleby, Rouen, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 1063 in Normandy,France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre,Acre,Norfolk,England
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.1031 in Flandres d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen,Normandie
- b.1010 d.1079 in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.~ 1120 in Surrey d.1178
- b.1008 d.02 Aug 1040
- b.1050 d.18 Oct 1102
- b.1036 d.1076
- b.1081 in Vermandois Normandy France d.13 Feb 1130/1131
- b.0979 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.25 May 1043
- b.1032 in of Vermandois d.1080 in France
- b.0997 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1060 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.23 Sep 1120
- b.1010 in Vexin, Normandy, France d.1064
- b.1040 in Valois,France d.1100
- b.1015 in Vexin, Normandy, France d.1043
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The Lion and Ermengarde were married in a religious ceremony on September 5th, 1186. They had a daughter named Margaret Princess of.
They had a daughter named Aufrica.
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