Medievalists.net » Alexander III of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Europe and the beginning of Scottish sovereignty http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/06/europe-beginning-scottish-sovereignty/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/06/europe-beginning-scottish-sovereignty/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 03:35:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52368 Scotland’s story may have been distinctive, but its experience was not.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/06/europe-beginning-scottish-sovereignty/feed/ 0 Margaret Plantagenet, Queen of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/margaret-plantagenet-queen-of-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/margaret-plantagenet-queen-of-scotland/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42833 The English Princess Margaret Plantagenet married King Alexander III of Scotland in December of 1251. This was to be the third youngest marriage of monarchs in British history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/margaret-plantagenet-queen-of-scotland/feed/ 0 Aristocratic Politics and the Crisis of Scottish Kingship, 1286–96 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36256 In late 1292 the new king of Scots, John Balliol, did homage to Edward as his superior lord and during the next three years lived with the consequences of this act.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/feed/ 0 Bruce, Balliol and the lordship of Galloway: south-western Scotland and the Wars of Independence http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/03/bruce-balliol-and-the-lordship-of-galloway-south-western-scotland-and-the-wars-of-independence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/03/bruce-balliol-and-the-lordship-of-galloway-south-western-scotland-and-the-wars-of-independence/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:05:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33397 Overshadowed by the better documented and more closely studied Bruce campaigns in the north east, the savage civil war which convulsed the lordship between 1306 and 1314, and again from 1332 to 1356, is a neglected area of potentially great value, as it stemmed from a failure of Bruce policies.

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