Reign of alexander ii scotland

  • Reign of alexander ii scotland

    • Alexander ii macon ga.

    Alexander came to the throne on the death of his father, King William the Lion at the age of sixteen. In 1215, two rebellious Moray clans MacUilleim and MacHeths led by Donald Ban, a great-grandson of King Duncan, broke out into revolt against King Alexander II, whose father had died in December 1214.

    Reign of alexander ii scotland

  • Reign of alexander ii scotland
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  • Alexander ii macon ga
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    • Forces loyal to the royal House of Dunkeld led by a powerful celtic lord, Farquhar MacTaggart, speedily quelled the rebellion. MacTaggart was the lay abbot of the monastery of Applecross. After the June 1215 victory, Alexander knighted him for beheading the rebel leaders.

    After the death of King John of England in October 1216 the treaty of Kingston between the ten-year-old Henry III of England, King Louis of France and Alexander insured peace between the three countries.

    This peace was further strengthened by Alexander’s marriage to Henry’s older sister Joan in June 1221.

    In 1222 the semi-independent district of Argyll rebelled against Alexander’s plans to absorb it into the kingd