Alexander I, King of the Scots

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• Crowned: 1107; In 1107, he was crowned King of the Scots.
• Reign: From 1107 to 1124; King of the Scots

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Family/Spouse: Sybilla. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 1058 to 1093; King of the Scots
• Crowned: 17 Mar 1058, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland

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Crowned:
He was crowned the King of the Scots.

Died:
He was killed in battle while besieging Alnwick Castle.

Malcolm married Saint Margaret of Scotland in 1068 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Edward the Atheling and Agatha von Braunschweig) was born in 1045 in Hungary; died on 16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in say 18 Nov 1093 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Travel: 1057
• Travel: 1066
• Canonized: 1250; St. Margaret was canonized 1250 and her feast day is November 16th,

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There is much debate about the ancestry of Agatha, the mother of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland. The dynastic usurpation and post-invasion trauma of 1066 dictated that St. Margaret's maternal origins were of secondary importance to the English Chroniclers until the marriage of her daughter, Edith-Matilda, to Henry I in 1100. There are two basic solutions, Slavic or Salian. Humphreys (2003) leans towards the Slavic, however I have followed the Salian. Moore (2019) has proved the Salian.

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She moved to the court of Edward the Confessor.

Travel:
After the defeat of Harold Godwinson in 1066, she again went into exile in Scotland.

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Married:
The marriage was against St. Margaret's wishes.

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• General Information: He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
• Reign: From 1034 to 1040; King of the Scots
• Military: 1035, County Durham, England; In 1035 Duncan led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but the expedition ended in disaster. Duncan survived.
• Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

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He led an army north into Moray, Macbeth's domain, apparently on a punitive expedition against Moray. There he was killed in action, at Bothnagowan, now Pitgaveny, near Elgin, by the men of Moray led by Macbeth, probably on 14 August 1040

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He is thought to have been buried at Elgin[13] before later relocation to the island of Iona.

Duncan married Suthen about 1030. Suthen (daughter of Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria) was born in 1009; died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

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Identity: Stuart (2002) states Duncan's wife was Sibil, a cousin of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Sibil was born about 1009.

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• Moved To: After 1050

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He was also known as Edward "the Exile."

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He was exiled to Hungary, where he held lands in Berenger county.

Edward married Agatha von Braunschweig in 1043/44 in Kiev, Ukraine. Agatha (daughter of Ludwig von Braunschweig, Count in the Derlingau and Gertrude von Egisheim) was born on 1023 to 1030; died after 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is said to be the daughter of either: St. Stephen I, King of Hungary; or, Ludolphe, Margrave of Saxony; or, St. Henry II, Emperor of Germany; or, Gavril Radomir, Emperor of Bulgaria and his Hungarian wife. Moore (2019) as proved Ludolphe (Ludwig).

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He was also known as Albanach or Grimus. He was the kin of St. Columbia.

He was also Lay Abbot of Dunkeld and the Governor of the Scots Islands.

Crinan married Bethoc of Scotland in 1000. Bethoc (daughter of Malcolm II, King of the Scots and King of Strathclyde) was born in 984 in Angus, Scotland; died in 1043. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also known as Beatrix.

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• Reign: From 1016 to 1016; King of England

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History:
In April 1016, he became the King of England.

Canute invaded England, fought, and eventually negotiated with Edmund Ironside. They agreed that Edmund was to rule Wessex and Canute was to rule the rest of England. [see picture below] However, Edmund Ironside died shortly thereafter leaving Canute as sole ruler of England. Some sources claim he was murdered at the instigation of his brother-in-law Eadric, possibly while using the privy.

Edmund married Ealgyth of Northumbria in Aug 1015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His name was also spelt Ludolf. He was also the Margrave of West Friesland.

Ludwig married Gertrude von Egisheim between 1019 and 1021. Gertrude (daughter of Hugh VI von Egisheim, Count of Egisheim and Hedwig von Dagsburg) died on 21 Jul 1077. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
She was also known as Gertrud of Frisia.

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Marriage Date: Stuart (2002) gives their marriage date as Before 1036.