William The Lion King of Scotland 
William The Lion King of was born in 1143 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. William The Lion King of's father was Henry Earl of Huntingdon , Prince of Scotland and his mother was Ada de Warenne. His paternal grandparents were David I "The Saint" King of Scotland and Matilda de Huntingdon; his maternal grandparents were William de Warenne , 2nd Earl of Surrey and Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois. He had a brother and four sisters, named David Earl of, Aufrica of, Margaret de, Ada of and Marjory of. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 71 on December 4th, 1214 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, England.General Notes
Born in 1143, William the Lion was the younger brother of Malcolm IV. A year after his accession, he went to Normandy with Henry II and later spent Easter 1170 at Windsor. In 1174, however, he joined Henry II's son in his rebellion against his father, and invaded England. He was captured at Alnwick, Northumberland and brought to Henry II with 'his feet shackled beneath the belly of his horse.' He was then held prisoner first in Yorkshire, later at Northampton and finally in France. He was released by the terms of the Treaty of Falaise of 8 December 1174, having been forced to agree to do homage to Henry II 'for Scotland and for all his other lands', and surrender key Scottish castles such as Edinburgh and Stirling.
As William's feudal lord, Henry now had the right to arrange his marriage, and he gave him Ermengarde de Beaumont, whose father was the son of an illegitimate daughter of Henry I. William eventually recovered Scotland from the English king's feudal overlordship, however, when Henry II was succeeded by Richard I. Richard, determined to raise money for his third Crusade, surrendered his feudal superiority over Scotland for 10,000 merks by the Quitclaim of Canterbury on 5 December 1189 and Scotland was an independent country once more. In 1196-7, William established his sovereignty in Caithness.
Under William, the development of feudal institutions continued; in part, the Scottish monarchy's government closely resembled England's. William established royal burghs in eastern Scotland up to moray Firth, and extended the use of sheriffs in the same area. Perth and Stirling became major centres of royal administration.
William I was a vigorous royal patron of the Scottish Church - he founded Arbroath Abbey, Angus in or before 1178. In 1182 Pope Lucius III sent him the Golden Rose and in 1188 Pope Clement III took the Scottish Church under his special protection. In 1192, the Pope granted a Bull to William that recognised the separate identity of the Scottish Church (previously the Church in Scotland had been brought under the authority of the Archbishop of York), and its independence of all ecclesiastical authorities apart from Rome. Gervase of Canterbury described William as 'a man of outstanding sanctity ... much preferring to have peace than the sword and to provide for his people by wisdom rather than iron'. William died at Stirling on 4 December 1214, aged 71, and was buried at Arbroath
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0978 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Killed in Battle against Macbeth, who (1040) slew his son Duncan
- b.1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (killed by Macbeth)
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Scotland
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumbria, England (slain besieging)
- b.~ 0990 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1014 in Northumbria, England d.1040
- b.~ 0998 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 0993 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0990 in Mercia, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.~ 0975 in Esztergom, Hungary d.15 Aug 1038 in Esztergom, Hungary
- b.~ 1020 in Hungary d.> 1067 in Scotland
- b.0980
- b.1114 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 0970 in Denmark d.1049 in Murdered in Bosham
- b.~ 0990 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1036 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1076 in Beheaded at Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0981 in Northumbria, England d.1038
- b.~ 0998 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
- b.1072 in Huntington, Huntingdonshire, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scotland
- b.~ 1004 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France d.1049
- b.~ 1022 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France d.1054 in Slain-battle of Lille at Bataille de Lille, Flanders
- b.~ 1004 in Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
- b.1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem)
- b.< 1030 in Normandy, France d.< 1090
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.1143 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, England
- b.0998 in Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.> 1074 in Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1020 in Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1004 in Rouen, France d.> 1053
- b.< 1037 in Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England (from wounds at Siege of Pevensey)
- b.~ 1020 in France d.> 1074
- b.~ 1071 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1027 in Flanders, France d.AFT 20 FEB 1070/71 in Taken prisoner at Battle of Cassel, Flanders
- b.~ 1052 in Flanders, France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England (in childbirth)
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, France
- b.1032 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'O, Messines, France
- b.~ 1122 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.0985 in Orleans, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry-aux-Loges, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France
- b.~ 0986 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- b.1050 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.18 Oct 1101 in The leader of 1st Crusade died at Tarsus, Cilicie
- b.~ 0976 in Kiev, Ukraine d.20 FEB 1053/54 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.~ 1024 in Kiev, Ukraine d.> 1075 in France
- b.1001 in Uppsala, Sweden d.10 FEB 1049/50 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 0997 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.25 May 1045 in France
- b.~ 1032 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.1080 in France
- b.~ 1005 in France
- b.~ 1050 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
- b.1010 in Vexin, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1074 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France
- b.1032 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.1080
- b.1015 in Vexin, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1043
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William The Lion King of and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony about 1160 in No Marriage. They had three daughters named Ada de, Miss de and Isabel of.
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Children
Ada de Huntingdon
Ada de was born about 1160 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. She died in 1200 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.
Miss de Huntingdon
Miss de was born about 1162 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. She died in Lovat, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
William The Lion King of and Ermengarde de were married in a religious ceremony on September 5th, 1189 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. They had a son and two daughters, named Alexander II King of, Margaret Princess of and Isabella Princess of.
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Children
Margaret Princess of Scotland
Margaret Princess of was born about 1193 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. She died in 1259 in Black Friars, London, Middlesex, England.
Alexander II King of Scotland
Alexander II King of was born on August 24th, 1198 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. 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.
Isabella Princess of Scotland
Isabella Princess of was born about 1202 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. She died after October 1263.
William The Lion King of and Miss de were married in a religious ceremony in No Marriage. They had a daughter named Margaret of.
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Children
Margaret of Scotland
Margaret of was born about 1170 in Scotland. She died after November 13th, 1218.
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