Scotland, King of Scotland David I "The Saint" King of b. Abt 1080 Of, Scotland d. 24 May 1153 Carlisle, Cumberland, England: Michael and Deborah Hervey's Genealogy

Abt 1080 - 1153 (73 years)

Name	Scotland, David I "The Saint" King of [1]
Title	King of Scotland
Birth	Abt 1080	Of, Scotland [2]
Gender	Male
Death	24 May 1153	Carlisle, Cumberland, England [2]
Burial	, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland [2]
Person ID	I5011	My Genealogy
Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

Father	Scotland, King of Scots Malcolm III Canmor "Longneck " I King, b. 1031, Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	(St. Margaret of Scotland), PRINCESS OF ENGLAND Margaret, b. 1045, Hungary d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland (Age 48 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1067	Dunfermline [3]
	1067 or 1070
Family ID	F2117	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Huntington, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND Maud (Matilda) of, b. 1072, Of, Huntington, Huntingdonshire, England d. 23 Apr 1130, Scotland (Age 58 years)

Marriage 1113/14 Scotland [2, 3]

Children

+	1. Huntington, EARL OF HUNTINGDON Henry of, b. 1114, Scotland d. 12 Jun 1152, Scotland (Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Scotland, Malcolm Prince of, b. Abt 1113, Of, Scotland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Scotland, Clarice Princess of, b. Abt 1115, Of, Scotland d. Abt 1135 (Age 20 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Scotland, PRINCESS Hodierna of, b. Abt 1117, Scotland d. Abt 1140, Scotland (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Scotland, Child Prince of, b. Scotland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F2119 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 Dec 2024

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1080 - Of, Scotland
	Marriage - 1113/14 - Scotland
	Death - 24 May 1153 - Carlisle, Cumberland, England
	Burial - - , Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland

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Notes

Biographical Text:
David was the youngest son of Margaret and Malcolm III. No one expected him to become king but his reign proved to be an outstanding one for Scotland. He married a granddaughter of Earl Siward of Northumbria and through that alliance had a legitimate claim to a large part of northern England. He had been a prisoner of his uncle Donald Bane but escaped and was brought up at the court of Henry I. He became familiar with English and Norman ways. He was treated well by Henry who arranged a marriage for him to the heiress of vast Northumberland estates. Henry appointed him the ruler of Cumbria, thereby increasing his power. When Henry died he took advantage of the confusion and inaction to press into England taking Carlisle and Newcastle before he was defeated at the battle of the Standard. King Stephen (of England) at the time was not in a position to alienate the Scottish king and by the Treaty of Durham David gained control of Northumbria. As Earl of Huntingdon, David had to swear an oath of loyalty to the English king. Having been brought up in England when he returned to Scotland to succeed Alexander, he took with him powerful Anglo-Norman influences which would eventually transform Scottish society. David's Norman friends soon held most of the important positions within the Church and State. He issued the first Scottish coinage and honored his mother's piety by establishing monastic center. David gave the Normans lands which meant they the Normans gained landowner privileges and authority over the lives of those living on their land. In the lowlands the Celtic ways of tribe and kinship were replaced by the new feudal system of laws and regulations. David influenced language development so that while Gaelic was spoken by highlanders, Inglis, a Scottish variant of English, was adopted in the south. His reign enhanced the prestige of the monarchy. He maintained order, and overcame his enemies partly with the support from the Normans by establishing royal burghs and shires and a system of control over the people. He was deeply religious as was his mother and he founded many abbeys. The king assigned lands to the abbey and in return gained protection and spiritual support from the abbots, monks and clergy. His only son Earl Henry died in 1152. He was married to the daughter of the Earl of Surrey and they had three children, Malcolm IV, Will the Lion and David. He appointed his grandson Malcolm as his successor.

Eulogy on David's death: O desolate Scotia, who shall console thee now? He is no more who made an untilled and barren land a land that is pleasant and plenteous.

Sources

[S27] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM).
[S27] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM).
Date of Import: Apr 18, 2000
[S1027] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;).