Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameKing Alexander III “The Glorious” of Scotland
Birth4 Sep 1241, Rosburghshire, Scotland
Death19 Mar 1286, Kinghorn, Fife, Scaotland
OccupationBuried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
ReligionClick his name for notes.
FatherKing Alexander II of Scotland (1198-1249)
MotherQueen Marie de COUCY (1220-1251)
Misc. Notes
When Alexander III "the Glorious,” King of Scotland was born on 4 September 1241, in Roxburghshire, Scotland, his father, Alexander II, King of Scots, was 43 and his mother, Queen Marie de Coucy, was 21. He married Margaret of England Queen of Scotland on 2 January 1252, in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1263. He died on 19 March 1286, in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland, at the age of 44, and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
When Margaret of Scotland was born on 28 February 1261, in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander III "the Glorious,” King of Scotland, was 19 and her mother, Margaret of England Queen of Scotland, was 20. She married Eirik II Magnusson on 31 August 1281, in Bergen, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 9 April 1283, in Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway, at the age of 22, and was buried in Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.
Marriage2 Jan 1252, York, Yorkshire, England