King King Alexander of Scotland, I^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1079 - 1124  (~ 45 years)

• Name	King Alexander of Scotland
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	I
  Nickname	The Fierce
  Birth	Abt 1079	Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Apr 1124	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Age: 45y
  Person ID	ind05722	The Skaggs-Files
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	King King Malcolm of Scotland, III,   b. 26 Mar 1031, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Queen Queen Margaret of Wessex, of Scotland,   b. 08 Sep 1045, Castle Reka, Mecseknadasd, Pecsvaradi, Baranya, Hungary d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburghshire, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	fam00664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MacHeth,   b. 1083, Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Malcolm MacHeth, II,   b. 1100, Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 23 Oct 1168, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	fam08262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander I (or Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim, modern: Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim) (c. 1078 - 23 April 1124), called "The Fierce", king of Scots, was the fourth son of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada by his wife Margaret, grand-niece of Edward the Confessor. He was named in honour of Pope Alexander II. Alexander was his unmarried brother Edgar's heir, perhaps throughout his reign, and certainly by 1104 when he was the senior layman present at the examination of the remains of Saint Cuthbert at Durham prior to their reinterrment. He held lands in Scotland north of the Forth and in Lothian. On the death of Edgar in 1107 he succeeded to the Scottish crown; but, in accordance with Edgar's instructions, their brother David was granted an appanage in southern Scotland. Edgar's will granted David the lands of the former kingdom of Strathclyde or Cumbria, and this was apparently agreed in advance by Edgar, Alexander, David and their brother-in-law Henry I of England. However, in 1113, perhaps at Henry's instigation, and with the support of his Anglo-Norman, David demanded, and received, additional lands in Lothian along the Upper Tweed and Teviot. David did not receive the title of king, but of "prince of the Cumbrians", and his lands remained under Alexander's final authority.The dispute over Upper Tweeddale and Teviotdale does not appear to have damaged relations between Alexander and David, although it was unpopular in some quarters. A Gaelic poem laments: It's bad what Máel Coluim's son has done,dividing us from Alexander;he causes, like each king's son before, the plunder of stable Alba. The dispute over the eastern marches does not appear to have caused lasting trouble between Alexander and Henry of England. In 1114 he joined Henry on campaign in Wales against Gruffydd ap Cynan of Gwynedd. Alexander's marriage with Henry's illegitimate daughter Sybilla de Normandy may have occurred as early as 1107, or as at late as 1114.[5] William of Malmesbury's account attacks Sybilla, but the evidence argues that Alexander and Sybilla were a devoted but childless couple and Sybilla was of noteworthy piety.Sybilla died in unrecorded circumstances at Eilean nam Ban (Kenmore on Loch Tay) in July, 1122 and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey. Alexander did not remarry and Walter Bower wrote that he planned an Augustinian Priory at the Eilean nam Ban dedicated to Sybilla's memory, and he may have taken steps to have her venerated. Alexander had at least one illegitimate child, Máel Coluim mac Alasdair, who was later to be involved in a revolt against David I in the 1130s. He was imprisoned at Roxburgh for many years afterwards, perhaps until his death some time after 1157. Alexander was, like his brothers Edgar and David, a notably pious king. He was responsible for foundations at Scone and Inchcolm. His mother's chaplain and hagiographer Thurgot was named Bishop of Saint Andrews (or Cell Rígmonaid) in 1107, presumably by Alexander's order.The case of Turgot's would-be successor Eadmer shows that Alexander's wishes were not always accepted by the religious community, perhaps because Eadmer had the backing of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ralph d'Escures, rather than Thurstan of York. Alexander also patronised Saint Andrews, granting lands intended for an Augustinian Priory, which may have been the same as that intended to honour his wife. For all his religiosity, Alexander was not remembered as a man of peace. John of Fordun says of him: Now the king was a lettered and godly man; very humble and amiable towards the clerics and regulars, but terrible beyond measure to the rest of his subjects; a man of large heart, exerting himself in all things beyond his strength.He manifested the terrible aspect of his character in his reprisals in the Mormaerdom of Moray. Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland says that Alexander was holding court at Invergowrie (by Dundee) when he was attacked by "men of the Isles". Walter Bower says the attackers were from Moray and Mearns. Alexander pursued them north, to "Stockford" in Ross (near Beauly) where he defeated them. This, says Wyntoun, is why he was named the "Fierce". The dating of this is uncertain, as are his enemies' identity. However, in 1116 the Annals of Ulster report: "Ladhmann son of Domnall, grandson of the king of Scotland, was killed by the men of Moray." The king referred to is Alexander's father and Domnall was Alexander's half brother. The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was ruled by the family of Mac Bethad mac Findláich and Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin; not overmighty subjects, but a family who had ruled Alba within little more than a lifetime. Who the Mormaer or King was at this time is not known, it may have been Óengus of Moray or his father, whose name is not known. As for the Mearns, the only known Mormaer of Mearns, Máel Petair, had murdered Alexander's half-brother Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim in 1094. Alexander died in April 1124 at his court at Stirling; his brother David, probably the acknowledged heir since the death of Sybilla, succeeded him =========== Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Page: Alexander I Text: April, 1124

  
  

• Sources

  [source00695] http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I5587. [source06121] Sandy Hunt, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=shtritar&id=I64761&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Sandy's Family Tree (with Extended Families), (Publication Date: 30 NOV 2008 Media: Website / URL). [source06123] Sandy Hunt, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shtritar&id=I43790 @ RootsWeb Sandy's Family Tree (with Extended Families), (Publication Date: 30 NOV 2008 Media: Website / URL). ID: I43790 Name: Alexander I "The Fierce" STEWART Given Name: Alexander I "The Fierce" Surname: STEWART Suffix: King Of Scotland 1 2 3 4 Title: King Of Scotland Sex: M Birth: 1077 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland 5 6 Death: 23 Apr 1124 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland 5 6 Burial: 25 Apr 1124 Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland 5 6 Reference Number: Hunt-43790 Ancestral File #: 8XJ3-9S 7 8 9 Event: Title Fact 1107-1124 Event: King of Scotland Reigned Between 1107-1124 Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland 4 6 LDS Baptism: 20 Feb 1894 Endowment: 22 Feb 1895 Temple: LOGAN - Logan Utah Sealing Child: 9 Jun 1933 Note: (Research):Alexander I (or Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim, modern: Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim) (c. 1078 - 23 April 1124), called "The Fierce", king of Scots, was the fourth son of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada by his wife Margaret, grand-niece of Edward the Confessor. He was named in honour of Pope Alexander II. Alexander was his unmarried brother Edgar's heir, perhaps throughout his reign, and certainly by 1104 when he was the senior layman present at the examination of the remains of Saint Cuthbert at Durham prior to their reinterrment. He held lands in Scotland north of the Forth and in Lothian. On the death of Edgar in 1107 he succeeded to the Scottish crown; but, in accordance with Edgar's instructions, their brother David was granted an appanage in southern Scotland. Edgar's will granted David the lands of the former kingdom of Strathclyde or Cumbria, and this was apparently agreed in advance by Edgar, Alexander, David and their brother-in-law Henry I of England. However, in 1113, perhaps at Henry's instigation, and with the support of his Anglo-Norman, David demanded, and received, additional lands in Lothian along the Upper Tweed and Teviot. David did not receive the title of king, but of "prince of the Cumbrians", and his lands remained under Alexander's final authority.The dispute over Upper Tweeddale and Teviotdale does not appear to have damaged relations between Alexander and David, although it was unpopular in some quarters. A Gaelic poem laments: It's bad what Máel Coluim's son has done,dividing us from Alexander;he causes, like each king's son before, the plunder of stable Alba. The dispute over the eastern marches does not appear to have caused lasting trouble between Alexander and Henry of England. In 1114 he joined Henry on campaign in Wales against Gruffydd ap Cynan of Gwynedd. Alexander's marriage with Henry's illegitimate daughter Sybilla de Normandy may have occurred as early as 1107, or as at late as 1114.[5] William of Malmesbury's account attacks Sybilla, but the evidence argues that Alexander and Sybilla were a devoted but childless couple and Sybilla was of noteworthy piety.Sybilla died in unrecorded circumstances at Eilean nam Ban (Kenmore on Loch Tay) in July, 1122 and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey. Alexander did not remarry and Walter Bower wrote that he planned an Augustinian Priory at the Eilean nam Ban dedicated to Sybilla's memory, and he may have taken steps to have her venerated. Alexander had at least one illegitimate child, Máel Coluim mac Alasdair, who was later to be involved in a revolt against David I in the 1130s. He was imprisoned at Roxburgh for many years afterwards, perhaps until his death some time after 1157. Alexander was, like his brothers Edgar and David, a notably pious king. He was responsible for foundations at Scone and Inchcolm. His mother's chaplain and hagiographer Thurgot was named Bishop of Saint Andrews (or Cell Rígmonaid) in 1107, presumably by Alexander's order.The case of Turgot's would-be successor Eadmer shows that Alexander's wishes were not always accepted by the religious community, perhaps because Eadmer had the backing of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ralph d'Escures, rather than Thurstan of York. Alexander also patronised Saint Andrews, granting lands intended for an Augustinian Priory, which may have been the same as that intended to honour his wife. For all his religiosity, Alexander was not remembered as a man of peace. John of Fordun says of him: Now the king was a lettered and godly man; very humble and amiable towards the clerics and regulars, but terrible beyond measure to the rest of his subjects; a man of large heart, exerting himself in all things beyond his strength.He manifested the terrible aspect of his character in his reprisals in the Mormaerdom of Moray. Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland says that Alexander was holding court at Invergowrie (by Dundee) when he was attacked by "men of the Isles". Walter Bower says the attackers were from Moray and Mearns. Alexander pursued them north, to "Stockford" in Ross (near Beauly) where he defeated them. This, says Wyntoun, is why he was named the "Fierce". The dating of this is uncertain, as are his enemies' identity. However, in 1116 the Annals of Ulster report: "Ladhmann son of Domnall, grandson of the king of Scotland, was killed by the men of Moray." The king referred to is Alexander's father and Domnall was Alexander's half brother. The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was ruled by the family of Mac Bethad mac Findláich and Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin; not overmighty subjects, but a family who had ruled Alba within little more than a lifetime. Who the Mormaer or King was at this time is not known, it may have been Óengus of Moray or his father, whose name is not known. As for the Mearns, the only known Mormaer of Mearns, Máel Petair, had murdered Alexander's half-brother Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim in 1094. Alexander died in April 1124 at his court at Stirling; his brother David, probably the acknowledged heir since the death of Sybilla, succeeded him =========== Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Page: Alexander I Text: April, 1124 Father: Malcolm III "Longneck" CANMORE b: 1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland Mother: Margaret "The Exile" ATHELING b: Between 1043-1045 in Wessex, England Marriage 1 Sybilla Elizabeth De NORMANDY b: Abt 1092 in Domfront, Normandy, France Married: 1107 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland 5 6 Children Aveline Ales ST. HILARY b: Abt 1109-1114 in Harcourt, Eure, France Marriage 2 Miss MACHETH b: Abt 1083 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland Married: Children Malcolm II MACHETH b: Abt 1100 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland Sources: Title: "The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England" Author: Fraser, Antonia Publication: 12 Feb 2001 Repository: Page: p. 24-25 Quality: 3 Title: "Royal Lines & Adamic Genealogy: Genealogical Research of Albert F. 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