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 1143 - 1214 (71 years)
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| Name |
Scotland, William I "The Lion" King of [1, 2, 3] |
| Title |
EARL OF HUNTINGDON |
| Birth |
1143 |
Scotland  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
4 Dec 1214 |
, Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland [3] |
| Burial |
10 Dec 1214 |
Abbey of Arbroath, Arbroath, Angusshire, Scotland [3] |
| Person ID |
I5217 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Father |
Huntington, EARL OF HUNTINGDON Henry of, b. 1114, Scotland d. 12 Jun 1152, Scotland (Age 38 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Warenne, COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON Ada De, b. Abt 1104, Of, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, England d. 1178 (Age 74 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1139 |
England [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F1840 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Biographical Text:
William succeeded his unmarried brother, Malcolm IV. He got his name because of the emblem he adopted for his armor. Armor encased a knight from head to toe and made him unrecognizable. Therefore, each knight adopted an emblem to be recognized by one another. William's was a "roaring, clawing beast of blood in red on a yellow background" - the Lion Rampant. This became the emblem of Scotland. William ruled for 49 years which made him the longest reigning monarch in Scotland up to that time. His brother had made peace with King Henry of England but William led an army to Northumberland to take Alnwick Castle. He was defeated, captured and imprisoned in Normandy. The price of his release was his kingdom. He was released after he accepted Henry II as overlord of Scotland. Henry died 15 years later and Richard Coeur-de-Lion came to the English throne. Richard's ambition in life was to go on a crusade. He needed money for such an undertaking and William the Lion was able to buy back the sovereignty in 1189 by giving 10,000 merks to Richard I's third crusade, thereby being released from being a vassal of the English king. William produced a son (and several daughters), Alexander II. He paid a dowry of 15,000 merks to secure the marriage of his two daughters to King John's sons but this bargain was broken by the English king.
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- [S327] 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).
- [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;).
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