Alexander II King of Scotland 
Alexander II King of was born on August 24th, 1198 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Alexander II King of's father was William The Lion King of Scotland and his mother was Ermengarde de Beaumont. He had two sisters named Margaret Princess of and Isabella Princess of. He was the second oldest of the three children. He had four half-sisters named Ada de, Miss de, Isabel of and Margaret of. He died at the age of 50 on July 6th, 1249 in Isle of Kerrera, Strathclyde, Scotland. He was buried on August 8th, 1249 in Melrose Abbey, Lanarkshire, Scotland.General Notes
Alexander was the only son of William the Lion and his wife Ermengarde. Born at Haddington, East Lothian on 24 August 1198, he was knighted by King John of England on 4 March 1212. Two years later, he succeeded his father. Although Alexander backed the barons who forced John to sign the Magna Carta, in 1221 he married John's eldest daughter Joan in York. She had no children, and died in 1238. The following year at Roxburgh, he married Marie, daughter of Enguerand, Baron de Coucy in Picardy - an alliance which raised English fears of a Franco-Scottish alliance.
The long-standing dispute between Scotland and England over the Border was settled in 1237 when, by the Treaty of York, Alexander renounced Scotland's claims to the three northern counties of England in exchange for the honour of Tynedale and the manor of Penrith. The border between Scotland and England was now fixed almost exactly on its present line from the lower Tweed in the east to the Solway Firth in the west. Alexander died on the island of Kerrera, Argyllshire in 1249 whilst preparing to take the Hebrides from Norway. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1143 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, England
- b.24 Aug 1198 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland d.06 Jul 1249 in Isle of Kerrera, Strathclyde, Scotland
- b.~ 1158 in Beaumont-le-Vicomte, Maine, France d.11 FEB 1233/34 in Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland
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‌Alexander II King of and Joan were married in a religious ceremony on July 19th, 1221 in York Minster Cathedral, York, Yorkshire, England.
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