King Alexander ("the Fierce") I of Scotland 
Alexander, known as "the Fierce", was born in Scotland. "the Fierce"'s father was King Malcom III ("Ceanmor", "Longneck", "Bighead") of Scotland and his mother was Princess Margaret ("the Exile", "Atheling") of Wessex. His paternal grandparents were King Duncan ("the Gracious") I of Scotland or Strathclyde and Aelflaed Sybilla FitzSwiward of Northumbria; his maternal grandparents were Prince Edward ("the Outlaw", "Atheling") of England and Princess Agatha von Brunswick. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Ethelred, Aethelred, David, Mary, "Atheling" and Thora. He had two half-brothers named Duncan and Heth Aethelred. He died on April 23rd, 1124 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was buried on April 25th, 1124 in Dunfermline Abbe, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.General Notes
Reigned 8 Jan 1107 to April 1124, suceeded his brother Edgar and let hisyoungest brother David rule southern Scotland (Cumbria, Strathclyde andSouth Lothian.
Alexander was married to Sybilla, an illegitimate daughter of Henry I.At that time it was called a natural child. Henry I in turn was marriedto Alexander's sister Maud. Everything was so interrelational bymarriage. Henry and Maud had no legitimate children. He was called theFierce after dealing with an uprising in Moray. Although he wastechnically an English vassal, he dissuaded Scottish bishops fromaccepting the authority of York and appointed his mother's biographerRugot to the see of St. Andrews. He was described as a lettered and godlyman but was nicknamed "the Fierce" after dealing ruthlessly with anuprising.
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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.~ 0920 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0949 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.~ 0988
- b.~ 0920 d.~ 0960
- b.~ 0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0995 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 0951 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1040 in Scotland
- b.~ 1031 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
- b.ABT 1001/1013 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.15 Aug 1040 in pitgaveny
- b.~ 0932 in Scotland d.0995 in Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.ABT 0954/0970 in Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0936 in Scotland
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.ABT 0930/0960 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.23 Apr 1014 in Battle Of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 0962 in Scotland
- b.~ 0968 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.ABT 1031/1033 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0903 in Sweden d.0985/0986 in Fyrisval, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 0953 in Scotland
- b.~ 0947 in Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.~ 0978 in Scotland
- b.~ 1014 in Northumberland, England d.1040
- b.ABT 0944/0971 in Northumberland, England d.1018
- b.~ 0968 in Bamburgh d.1038
- b.ABT 0944/0972 in Northumbria, Scotland
- b.~ 0994 in Northumbria, Scotland
- b. in Scotland d.23 Apr 1124 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.0943/0944 in Wessex, England d.08 Jul 0975 in Winchester, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0945 in Devonshire, England d.17 Nov 1002 in Hampshire
- b.0989 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0938 in Wessex, England
- b.ABT 0963/0968 in Wessex, England d.Feb 1002 in Winchester, England
- b.~ 0948 in Wessex, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0943/0944 in Wessex, England d.08 Jul 0975 in Winchester, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0945 in Devonshire, England d.17 Nov 1002 in Hampshire
- b.~ 0986 in Wessex, England
- b.1042/1045 in Wessex, England d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 0940 in Saxony d.0972
- b.0960 in Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany d.1011/1016
- b.~ 0942 in Saxony
- b.~ 1000 in Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany d.23 Apr 1038
- b.ABT 0950/0970 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.4 May 1003/1004
- b.11 Nov 0993/0999 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.14 Feb 1043
- b.0965 in Bourgogne d.07 Jul 1019
- b.~ 1018 in Braunschweig, Prussia d.13 Jul 1024
- b.ABT 0928/0948 in Nordgau Region, Medieval States d.< 0986
- b.ABT 0960/0970 in Nordgau Region, Medieval States d.< 1049
- b.0950 d.1011
- b.~ 0988 in Nordgau Region, Medieval States d.21 Jul 1077
- b.0940 in Dabo, Moselle, France d.> 1010 in Dagsburg, Germany
- b.~ 0964 in Dabo, Moselle, France d.1046
- b.~ 0950 in Ohningen, Germany
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"the Fierce" and Sibyl Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1107. They had a daughter named Aveline Ales.
Source/Citation
British Kings and Queens @ p. 402
British Kings and Queens @ p. 402
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