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Donald I

 

858 to 862 CE

House of Alpin

 

Kenneth MacAlpin

 

The Conqueror

 

810 to 13 February 858 CE

 

King of the Picts 848 to 858

 

King of Dalriada 841 to 850 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Causantín mac Cináeda

 

Constantine I

 

The Wine Bountiful

 

c 836 to 877 CE

 

King of the Picts 862 to 877 CE

 

Áed mac Cináeda

 

Died 878 CE

 

King of the Picts 877 to 878 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald II

 

The Madman

 

862 to 900

 

King of Picts and Alba 889 to 900 CE

Constantine II

 

The Middle Aged

 

c 879 to 952 CE

 

King of Scotland 900 to 943 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malcolm I

 

The Dangerous Red

 

5 October 897 to 954

 

King of Scotland 943 to 954 CE

Ildulb mac Causantín

 

Indulf the Aggressor

 

c 927 to 962 CE

 

King of Scotland 954 to 962 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dub mac Maíl Coluim

 

The Vehement

 

c 928 to 967

 

King of Scotland 962 to 967 CE

Kenneth II of Scotland

 

The Fraticidal

 

932 to 995 CE

 

King of Scotland 971 to 995 CE

 

Cuilén

 

The White

 

Died 971 CE

 

King of Scotland 967 to 971 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth III

 

The Chief, The Brown

 

King of Scotland 997 to 1005

Malcolm II

 

The Destroyer

 

c 954 to 25 November 1034

 

King of Scotland 1005 to 1034

Constantine III

 

The Bald

 

c 970 to 997 CE

 

King of Scotland 995 to 997 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bethoc

 

Married Crínán of Dunkeld

House of Dunkeld

 

Crínán of Dunkeld

Crinan the Thane

 

Abbot of Dunkeld

 

Married Bethoc

 

Died 1045

 

 

Donalda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duncan I

 

The Diseased

 

c 1001 to 14 August 1040

 

King of Scotland 1034 to 1040

 

 

 

 

Married Findláech mac Ruaidrí

House of Moray

 

Findláech mac Ruaidrí

 

Mormaer of Moray

 

Died 1020

 

Married Donalda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malcolm III

 

Canmore

 

c 1031 to 13 November 1093

 

Married Margaret of Wessex

 

King of Scotland 1058 to 1093

 

Donald III

 

The Fair

 

c 1032 to 1099

 

King of Scotland 1093 to 1094 and 1094 to 1097

Gille Coemgain

 

Mormaer of Moray

 

Died 1032

 

Married Gruoch, daughter of Kenneth II

Macbethad mac Findláech

 

Macbeth

 

The Red King

 

Died 15 August 1057

 

King of Scotland 1040 to 1057

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duncan II

 

C 1060 to 12 November 1094

 

King of Scotland May to November 1094

Edgar

 

The Valiant

 

King of Scotland

 

C 1074 to 1107

 

King of Scotland c 1097 to 1107

Alexander I

 

The Fierce

 

c 1078 to 23 April 1124

 

King of Scotland 1107 to 1124

 

Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim

 

David I

 

The Saint

 

c 1084 to 24 May 1153

 

King of Scotland 1124 to 1153

 

 

 

 

Matilda

 

Queen of England

 

Married Henry I of England

Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin

 

Lulach

 

The Foolish

 

C 1032 to 17 March 1058

 

King of Scotland 1057 to 1058

 

 

 

 

Henry of Huntingdon

 

1114 to 12 June 1152

 

Earl of Northumberland

 

Married Ada of Warenne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David

 

1152 to 17 June 1219

 

8th Earl of Huntingdon

 

The earldom of Huntingdon was regranted by Henry II of England in 1185

 

Married Matilda of Chester

 

 

Malcolm IV

 

The Maiden

 

1141 to 9 December 1165

 

King of Scotland 1153 to 1165

 

William I

 

The Lion

 

c 1142 to 4 December 1214

 

King of Scotland 1165 to 1214

 

Married Ermengarde de Beaumont (chosen by Henry II)

 

 

Matilda

 

Holy Roman Empress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margaret of Scotland

 

Countess of Kent

 

1193 to 1259

 

Married Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

 

Isabella of Scotland

 

Countess of Norfolk

 

1195 to 1263

 

Married Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk

Alexander II The Peaceful

 

24 August 1198 to 8 July 1249

 

King of Scotland 1214 to 1249

 

Married Joan of England (died 1238)(sister of Henry III) and Marie de Coucy

 

He concluded the Treaty of York (1237) which defined the boundary between England and Scotland, largely unchanged today.

 

 

Marjorie

 

1200 to 1244

 

Married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke.

Extramarital

 

Isabel MacWilliam

 

c 1165

 

Married Robert III de Brus

 

Two daughters marked a split which would evolve into the Bruce/Balliol rivalry which would pull Scotland apart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isobel of Huntingdon

 

1199 to 1251

 

Married Robert IV de Brus

 

c 1195 to 1232

 

4th Lord of Annandale, 1212 to 1232

 

The House Brus

See Brus Genealogy

 

Margaret of Huntingdon

 

Lady of Galloway

 

Married Alan of Galloway

 

Alexander III

 

4 September 1241 to 19 March 1286

 

King of Scotland 1249 to 1286

 

Married Margaret of England (died 1275)(sister of Edward 1) and Yolande de Dreux

 

He concluded the Treaty of Perth, by which Scotland acquired sovereignty over the Western Isles and the Isle of Man.

 

His heir and only grandchild, Margaret, Maid of Norway, died before she could be crowned

 

Marjorie

 

Illegitimate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert V de Brus

 

c 1220 to 31 March 1295

 

5th Lord of Annandale, 1232 to 1292

 

Justice and constable of Scotland and England, a regent of Scotland, and a claimant to the Scottish throne in 1290 to 1292 in the Great Cause

 

Commonly known as "Robert the Competitor"

 

Married Isabella, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester

 

Married Christina de Ireby, the widow of Adam Jesmond, the Sheriff of Northumberland

Dervorguilla

 

1210 to 28 January 1290

 

Lady of Galloway with lands in Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbright

 

Married John I, Lord of Balliol

 

When John died, Dervorguilla founded Sweetheart Abbey, south of Dumfries, where she had his embalmed heart placed in an ebony and silver casket

 

Died 1268

 

The House Balliol

Margaret

 

Queen of Norway

 

28 February 1261 to 9 April 1283 (aged 22)

 

Married Eric II of Norway

Alexander

 

Prince of Scotland

 

21 January 1264 to 28 January 1284

 

Heir apparent, but died early

 

David

 

30 March 1273 to 1281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert VI de Brus

 

1243 to 1304

 

6th Lord of Annandale 1292 to 1304

 

Annandale was seized, by King John Balliol, and given to John "The Red" Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, but regained in 1296

 

Married Marjorie, daughter of Neil, Earl of Carrick

 

Died in the Holy Land

 

 

Margaret

 

Maid of Norway

 

9 April 1283 to 26 to 29 September 1990 (aged 7)

 

She died in Orkney, sparking the succession dispute between thirteen competitors for the crown of Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Balliol

 

c 1249 to 1314

 

King of Scotland 1292 to 1296

 

 

 

 

The Great Cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward Balliol

 

1332 to 1356

 

Claimant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert VII de Brus

 

Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland

 

11 July 1274 to 7 June 1329

 

7th Lord of Annandale, 1304 to 1329

 

King of Scotland 1306 to 1329

 

Resounding defeat of the English at the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314

 

Declaration of Arbroath

 

Married Isabel, daughter of Donald, Earl of Mar

 

Married Elizabeth, daughter of Atmer de Burgh, Earl of Ulster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marjorie Bruce

 

1296 to 1317

 

Married Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland

 

House of Stuart

 

Ancestor of the Stuarts, Kings of Scotland and the English/British Royal Families

 

Died aged 21

 

David II of Scotland

 

5 March 1324 to 22 February 1371

 

King of Scotland 1329 to 1371

 

Married Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II

 

Married Margaret Logie

Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddersdale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert II of Scotland

 

Blear Eyed

 

2 March 1316 to 19 April 1390

 

King of Scotland 1371 to 1390

 

Robert Stewart, the first monarch of the House of Stuart (reigned 22 February 1371 to 19 April 1390

 

Married Elizabeth Mure

 

Married Euphemia de Ross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert III of Scotland

 

The Lame King

 

5 March 1337 to 4 April 1406

 

King of Scotland 1390 to 1406

 

John Stewart, Earl of Carrick before his Coronation

 

Married Annabella Drummond of Stobhall

 

Reigned 19 April 1390 to 4 April 1406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margaret Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Mary Stewart

 

James I of Scotland

 

25 July 1394 to 21 February 1437

 

King of Scotland 1406 to 1437

 

Married Joanna Beaufort, daughter of the Earl of Somerset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James II of Scotland

 

16 October 1430 to 3 August 1460

 

King of Scotland 1437 to 1460

 

Married Mary of Guelders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James III of Scotland

 

10 July 1451 to 11 June 1488

 

King of Scotland 1460 to 1488

 

Married Margaret of Denmark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James IV of Scotland

 

17 March 1473 to 9 September 1513

 

King of Scotland 1488 to 1513

 

Married Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James V of Scotland

 

10 April 1512 to 14 December 1542

 

King of Scotland 1513 to 1542

 

Married Madeleine of France

 

Married Mary of Guise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary I

 

Queen of Scots

 

8 December 1542 to 24 July 1567

 

Queen of Scotland 1542 to 1567

 

Married the Dauphin (later Francis II) of France

 

Married Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley

 

Married James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

 

Reigned 1542 to 1567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The throne of Scotland and England became a personal union of a single monarch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James VI of Scotland and I of England

 

19 June 1566 to 27 March 1625

 

King of Scotland 1567 to 1625

 

Married Anne of Denmark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles I of England, Ireland and Scotland

 

19 November 1600 to 30 January 1649

 

Married Henrietta Maria of France

 

Elizabeth Stuart

 

19 August 1596 to 13 February 1662

 

Married Frederick V, Elector of Palatine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles II

 

29 May 1630 to 6 February 1685

 

Reigned from 29 May 1660 after the Commonwealth

 

Mary, Princess of Orange

 

4 November 1631 to 24 December 1660

 

Mary Henrietta Stuart

 

Married William II, Prince of Orange

 

 

James VII and II

 

14 October 1633 to 16 September 1701

 

Reigned 6 February 1685 to 23 December 1688

 

Married Anne Hyde

 

Married Mary of Modena

 

Sophia of Hanover

 

14 October 1630 to 8 June 1714

 

Married Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover

 

 

 

 

Go under

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William III (William of Orange)

 

4 November 1650 to 8 March 1702

 

Married Mary II of England

 

William and Mary reigned 1689 to 8 March 1702

 

 

Mary II of England

 

30 April 1662 to 28 December 1694

 

Married William of Orange

 

William and Mary reigned 1689 to 8 March 1702

 

Queen Anne

 

6 February 1665 to 1 August 1714

 

Reigned as Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702 and as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1707

 

Married Prince George of Denmark

 

The Kingdom of Scotland and England became Great Britain

 

James Francis Edward Stuart

 

10 June 1688 to 1 January 1766

 

Married Maria Clementina Sobieska

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Sophia of Hanover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie

 

31 December 1720 to 30 January 1788

 

Married Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George I

 

28 May 1660 to 11 June 1727

 

Reigned from 1714 to 1727

 

Married Sophia Dorothea of Celle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George II

 

30 October 1683 to 25 October 1760

 

Married Caroline of Ansbach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frederick, Prince of Wales

 

31 January 1707 to 31 March 1751

 

Married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George III

 

4 June 1738 to 29 January 1820

 

Married Charlotte of Meckelenburg-Strelitz

 

 

 

 

 

George IV

 

12 August 1762 to 26 June 1830

 

Married Caroline of Brunswick

 

William IV

 

21 August 1765 to 20 June 1837

 

Married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

 

2 November 1767 to 23 January 1820

 

Married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queen Victoria

 

20 June 1837 to 22 January 1901

 

Married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward VII

 

9 November 1841 to 6 May 1910

 

Married Alexandra of Denmark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George V

 

3 June 1865 to 20 January 1936

 

Married Mary of Teck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward VIII

 

23 June 1894 to 28 May 1972

 

Married Wallis Simpson

 

Reigned 20 January to 11 December 1936 then abdicated

 

George VI

 

29 January 1936 to 11 December 1936

 

Married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth II

 

21 April 1926 to 8 September 2022

 

Married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles III

 

b 14 November 1948

 

Married Diana Spencer

 

 

Married Camilla Parker Bowles (nee Shand)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William, Prince of Wales

 

b 21 June 1982

 

Married Catherine Middleton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prince George of Wales

 

b 22 July 2013