King William ("The Lion") I of Scotland 
William, known as "The Lion", was born in 1143 in Northumberland. "The Lion"'s father was Prince Henry Canmore macCrinan of Huntingdon and his mother was Ada de Warren. His paternal grandparents were King David I of Scotland and Matilda Huntington of Northumberland; his maternal grandparents were Earl William de Warenne II of Surrey and Elizabeth de Crepi. He had a brother and four sisters, named David, Marjory, Ada, Marjory and Margaret. He died at the age of 71 on December 4th, 1214 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, England. He was buried in Arbroath Abbey.General Notes
King of Scotland 12/9/1165 - 12/4/1214, Crowned: Scone Abbey, 12/24/1165
King of Scotland, Earl of Northumberland (1152-1157)
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, ag-
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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.ABT 1001/1013 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.15 Aug 1040 in pitgaveny
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.ABT 1031/1033 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0978 in Scotland
- b.~ 1014 in Northumberland, England d.1040
- b.~ 0994 in Northumbria, Scotland
- b.~ 1084 d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle
- b.0989 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0986 in Wessex, England
- b.1042/1045 in Wessex, England d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1000 in Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany d.23 Apr 1038
- b.~ 1018 in Braunschweig, Prussia d.13 Jul 1024
- b.~ 0988 in Nordgau Region, Medieval States d.21 Jul 1077
- b.ABT 1114/1119 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.~ 1021 in Denmark d.1045/1049
- b.~ 0995 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1046 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1076 in St. Giles Hill, Winchester, England
- b.~ 0994 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England d.~ 1039 in Spm
- b.~ 1031 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
- b.1072/1080 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1004 in Boulogne, Vendee, France d.1049
- b.~ 0972 in Lens, Normandy, France d.1054 in Lille, Phalampin, France
- b.ABT 0984/1005 in Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
- b.1054/1055 in Lens, Artois, France
- b.1003/1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 1027 in Normandy, France d.< 1090
- b.ABT 1003/1012 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.1143 in Northumberland d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, England
- b.~ 0998 in France d.< 1059
- b.~ 0998 in France
- b.~ 1020 in France d.< 1059
- b.~ 1055 in Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 0940 in Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1020 in France d.1059
- b.ABT 0942/0959 in Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1065 in Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in England
- b.1003/1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.ABT 1003/1012 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.~ 1063 in Normandy, France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England
- b.1002 in Flanders d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, Duchy Of Lower
- b.~ 1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandie, France
- b.1003/1009 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monastáere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, , France
- b.~ 1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Isle De France, France
- b.Apr 1008 in Reims, Champagne, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Brie, , France
- b.~ 0986 in Toulouse d.25 Jul 1032 in Melun, France
- b.1053/1057 in Vermandois, France d.18 Oct 1102 in Tarsus, , Cilicie
- b.0978/0980 in Kiev, Ukraine d.20 Feb 1054 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.1036 in Kiev, Ukraine d.1076/1089 in France
- b.~ 1001 in Uppsala, Sweden d.10 Feb 1050 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.~ 1085 in Valois, France d.13 Feb 1131 in England
- b.~ 1000 in Vermandois, France d.25 May 1043/1045 in France
- b.ABT 1028/1032 in Vermandois, France d.1080 in France
- b.~ 1065 in Valois, Isle De France, France d.28 Sep 1120/1124
- b.ABT 1010/1025 in Vexin, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d.08 Sep 1074
- b.~ 1034 in Vexin, Île-de-France, France
- b.ABT 1012/1015 in in Bar-Sur-Seine, Aube, Champagne, France d.1053
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"The Lion" and Ermengarde were married in a religious ceremony on September 5th, 1186 in Woodstock Palace, Oxford, England. They had a son and a daughter, named "the Peaceful" and Margaret.
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Children
King Alexander ("the Peaceful") II of Scotland
Alexander, known as "the Peaceful", was born on August 24th, 1198. He died at the age of 50 on July 8th, 1249 in Kerrera . He was buried in Melrose.
"The Lion" and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony. They had two daughters named Aufrica and Isabell Caenmor.
Source/Citation
British Kings and Queens @ p. 406
British Kings and Queens @ p. 406
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