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Monarchs of Scotland:
1329 - 1371: David II (House of Bruce)
1371 - 1398: Robert II (House of Bruce) [1]
1398 - 1427: Alexander IV (House of Bruce) [2]
1427 - 1430: William II (House of Bruce) [3]
1430 - 1452: Robert Jamie I (House of Crawford) [4]
1452 - 1454: Alexander V (House of Crawford) [5]
1454 - 1474: Robert III (House of Crawford) [6]
Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde (Crown of Scotland)
1474 - 1504: Robert III (House of Crawford) [6]
1504 - 1525: Edgar II (House of Crawford) [7]
1525 - 1535: Regency of Lady Miriam (House of Crawford) [8]
1535 - 1559: Edgar III (House of Crawford) [9]
1559 - 1563: David III (House of Crawford-Stewart) [10]
Monarchs of the Crown of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of Ulster
1563 - 1582: David III (House of Crawford-Stewart) [10]
1582 - 1583: Margaret II (House of Crawford-Stewart) [11]
1583- 1599: Ludovic (House of Sutherland) [12]
1599 - 1609: David IV (House of Sutherland) [13]
Monarchs of the Scottish Highlands
1609 - 1637: David IV (House of Sutherland) [13]
[1] Robert was the eldest son of David II and his wife, Joan of England - a daughter of Edward II and Isabella of France. He led Scotland in a campaign in northern Ireland, which mostly failed save the capture of Belfast, which was lost again in 1376. He also was faced with turmoil when Alexander Douglas, Duke of Moray, launched a campaign to take the throne. With the support of his English cousin, Richard II, he was able to put down the revolt, but not before Moray fled to Denmark. Robert married the Princess Maud of England in order to strengthen the bond between England and Scotland. In 1391, Denmark invaded Scotland in support of Alexander Douglas, but the English came to the Scot's aid and drove the invaders out in 1398. Robert was gravely wounded in the Battle of St Andrews, lifting the siege of the castle and died the same year, before a formal peace could be concluded. Robert was succeeded by his son, Alexander.
[2] Alexander, was a spitting image of his grandfather, spending his youth fighting along side his fellow men, in Ireland.
In 1384, Alexander married Joan of Navarre, the daughter of King Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France, and began his family life, having four children before his coronation.
When his father died in 1398, Alexander, would have 29 years on the throne, famously forming an alliance with France and reforming the Scottish army, with plans of attacking England.
However, he died in 1427, before he was able to declare war. Leaving his throne to his son, William.
[3] William II took the throne at the worst possible time as the looming 'First Anglo-Scots War' began within days of his coronation. However William II had been hiding mental instability that became public when during a report about the siege of Dunbar Castle the King went into a fit of rage, attacking friend and foe alike. While his more able bodied commanders managed to run the war effort and fought the English into a stalemate, preparations for another war were being made in last year of William's reign when a cabal of nobles overthrew William in a largely bloodless coup and left him to starve to death in a prison cell. The leader of the coup, the Earl of Crawford took the throne as the Second Anglo-Scots War broke out.
[4] Earl Jamie of Crawford ruled as King Robert Jamie I. He is accredited in pushing the English back and seizing York in a brilliant campaign involving the French. King Robert Jamie took a French Princess as his wife. Scotland prospered under his reign. He instituted several reforms in government. The King made his eldest son Alexander V his heir. He died while traveling abroad in France.
[5] Alexander V was a brutal ruler and a tyrant of a man who was exceedingly cruel and petty. He ruled as King for only two years before his younger brother Robert murdered him and took the throne.
[6] The younger brother of Alexander V "the Infamous", Robert took the throne after the murder of his older brother. In his previous experience as the Royal Steward of the Highlands, he recognized the problems of the clans, one of which was the seemingly unfair treatment they received compared to their counterparts in the Lowlands, thus the new king, being able to speak Gaelic as well as Strathcyldish (OTL: Scots language), passed a series of reforms that transformed the Scottish monarch to become the Crown of Scotland, composed of two separate but related realms of Scotland (the Highlands) and Strathclyde (the Lowlands and Borders), each with a separate governing body, parliament and courts. Although Robert resided throughout his reign in Ediinburgh Castle, he maintained a court in the Gaelic-speaking capital Inverness. Married Agatha Marie FitzGerald, a daughter of a well-known mixed Norman-Gaelic noble family. Succeeded in the year 1504 by his son, Edgar.
[7] Edgar II was Robert's third son but was the only son to live to adulthood. He took the throne at a time when protests against the corruption in the Catholic Church resulted in the Protestant Reformation (or the Protestant Schisms) in which a number of different movements emerged to 'save' the true faith. Unlike the heretical movements of the past, the Protestants were organized and quickly gained the support of monarchs, first in the dying Holy Roman Empire and then elsewhere as missionaries from the various churches began traveling through Europe. Edgar himself was a conservative and attempted to enforce adherence to Catholism as rumors of preachers from the Germanies speaking to his people reached his ears. However an outbreak of smallpox claimed the King's life in 1525, killing him and leaving wife regent for their infant son, Edgar.
[8] Lady Miriam is regarded as a monarch all but in name. She raised her son to be a just ruler. Lady Miriam did attempt to find a balance between the various Protestant sects running about the land and that consumed much of her attention. She re-opened negotiations with France and remarried the Count of Brittany. Her marriage to the Count of Brittany proved to be her undoing as well as the religious strife. In 1535, her son achieved his majority, and she was gently "encouraged" to leave. She lived the rest of her life traveling abroad. Her son took the regal name Edgar III in 1535.
[9] Edgar III is known by Scottish historians as one of the greatest Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde. He managed to move away inner tensions due to the religious strife and canalize them into the fatidic Wars of Partitions of England. He died in the 1559 Franco-Scottish Siege of Cambridge in the Third War of English Partition, struck by a cannonball. After his death, the southern enemy was no more. He was followed by his nephew, David.
[10] David was the eldest surviving relative of Edgar III, his youngest sister Margaret's middle son. He secured control of Northumberland for Scotland and the end of the English Partitions. He created the High Lordship of Ulster from the territories conquered during the Scottish invasions of Ireland in 1563, but kept the title separate to the territory in the Crown of Scotland. From this time his full title was: His Majesty by Grace of God, David III, King of the Crown of Scotland, King of Scotland and of Strathclyde, Duke of Upper and Lower Lothian, of Northumberland, of Moray and of Albany, Lord Protector of Edinburgh and of Inverness, Lord of the Isles of Skye, Man, Iona and Orkney, Prince of England and France, Stewart of the Great North Sea, Lord Lieutenant of Ulster and Regent of France. Though most of these titles were honorary - such as regent of France - or simply claimed - such as Prince of England - David is considered the grandest of Scotland's kings. He married Anne-Marie of France and was succeeded by his daughter, Margaret.
[11] Margaret II took the throne as a young maid of fifteen years and was the only legitimate child of David III. Despite declaring Margaret, Maid of Norway as a legitimate Queen of Scots, many saw Margaret II as Scotland's first Queen Regnant and didn't like it one bit. Quite a few men with Scottish royal blood, and the crowned heads of Europe all sought her hand in marriage. One suitor in particular would prove to be her undoing. James Hamilton, the third Earl of Arran was a young man prone to 'fits of madness' (in modern terms epilepsy) and during a formal audience with the Queen he suffered a small seizure that had many seeking to help him, including the Queen. By chance one of the rings on his flailing hands managed to slice the Queen's throat, causing her to bleed out in a matter of minutes. Margaret II was dead without an heir and there were several men with a claim to the throne which lead to the Earl of Sutherland.
[12] Ludovic, Earl of Sutherland, became ruler. He became ruler because of his mediation and involvement in loans. Ludovic mostly focused on financial reforms. He attempted to create the First Bank of Scotland, failed, and then founded the First Royal Bank as a result. Ludovic gained the epitaph 'the Fair' due to his moderate policies. He married a French princess to cement the Auld Alliance. Both London and Edinburgh became the capitals of Scotland, later the proposed 'United Kingdom', although the name never became formalized in Ludovic's term. He appointed his nephew David as the heir and died of old age.
[13] David IV, nephew of Ludovic and a weak and vainglorious king whose failings as a King and as a warrior lead to him losing almost all the lands and titles he had inherited from his father. By the end of the tenth year of his rule, David IV was merely King of the Scottish Highlands and even his grip on them was tenuous at best. His death in 1637 saw his nephew _____ succeed as David IV had never married
Monarchs of Scotland:
1329 - 1371: David II (House of Bruce)
1371 - 1398: Robert II (House of Bruce) [1]
1398 - 1427: Alexander IV (House of Bruce) [2]
1427 - 1430: William II (House of Bruce) [3]
1430 - 1452: Robert Jamie I (House of Crawford) [4]
1452 - 1454: Alexander V (House of Crawford) [5]
1454 - 1474: Robert III (House of Crawford) [6]
Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde (Crown of Scotland)
1474 - 1504: Robert III (House of Crawford) [6]
1504 - 1525: Edgar II (House of Crawford) [7]
1525 - 1535: Regency of Lady Miriam (House of Crawford) [8]
1535 - 1559: Edgar III (House of Crawford) [9]
1559 - 1563: David III (House of Crawford-Stewart) [10]
Monarchs of the Crown of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of Ulster
1563 - 1582: David III (House of Crawford-Stewart) [10]
1582 - 1583: Margaret II (House of Crawford-Stewart) [11]
1583- 1599: Ludovic (House of Sutherland) [12]
1599 - 1609: David IV (House of Sutherland) [13]
Monarchs of the Scottish Highlands
1609 - 1637: David IV (House of Sutherland) [13]
[1] Robert was the eldest son of David II and his wife, Joan of England - a daughter of Edward II and Isabella of France. He led Scotland in a campaign in northern Ireland, which mostly failed save the capture of Belfast, which was lost again in 1376. He also was faced with turmoil when Alexander Douglas, Duke of Moray, launched a campaign to take the throne. With the support of his English cousin, Richard II, he was able to put down the revolt, but not before Moray fled to Denmark. Robert married the Princess Maud of England in order to strengthen the bond between England and Scotland. In 1391, Denmark invaded Scotland in support of Alexander Douglas, but the English came to the Scot's aid and drove the invaders out in 1398. Robert was gravely wounded in the Battle of St Andrews, lifting the siege of the castle and died the same year, before a formal peace could be concluded. Robert was succeeded by his son, Alexander.
[2] Alexander, was a spitting image of his grandfather, spending his youth fighting along side his fellow men, in Ireland.
In 1384, Alexander married Joan of Navarre, the daughter of King Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France, and began his family life, having four children before his coronation.
When his father died in 1398, Alexander, would have 29 years on the throne, famously forming an alliance with France and reforming the Scottish army, with plans of attacking England.
However, he died in 1427, before he was able to declare war. Leaving his throne to his son, William.
[3] William II took the throne at the worst possible time as the looming 'First Anglo-Scots War' began within days of his coronation. However William II had been hiding mental instability that became public when during a report about the siege of Dunbar Castle the King went into a fit of rage, attacking friend and foe alike. While his more able bodied commanders managed to run the war effort and fought the English into a stalemate, preparations for another war were being made in last year of William's reign when a cabal of nobles overthrew William in a largely bloodless coup and left him to starve to death in a prison cell. The leader of the coup, the Earl of Crawford took the throne as the Second Anglo-Scots War broke out.
[4] Earl Jamie of Crawford ruled as King Robert Jamie I. He is accredited in pushing the English back and seizing York in a brilliant campaign involving the French. King Robert Jamie took a French Princess as his wife. Scotland prospered under his reign. He instituted several reforms in government. The King made his eldest son Alexander V his heir. He died while traveling abroad in France.
[5] Alexander V was a brutal ruler and a tyrant of a man who was exceedingly cruel and petty. He ruled as King for only two years before his younger brother Robert murdered him and took the throne.
[6] The younger brother of Alexander V "the Infamous", Robert took the throne after the murder of his older brother. In his previous experience as the Royal Steward of the Highlands, he recognized the problems of the clans, one of which was the seemingly unfair treatment they received compared to their counterparts in the Lowlands, thus the new king, being able to speak Gaelic as well as Strathcyldish (OTL: Scots language), passed a series of reforms that transformed the Scottish monarch to become the Crown of Scotland, composed of two separate but related realms of Scotland (the Highlands) and Strathclyde (the Lowlands and Borders), each with a separate governing body, parliament and courts. Although Robert resided throughout his reign in Ediinburgh Castle, he maintained a court in the Gaelic-speaking capital Inverness. Married Agatha Marie FitzGerald, a daughter of a well-known mixed Norman-Gaelic noble family. Succeeded in the year 1504 by his son, Edgar.
[7] Edgar II was Robert's third son but was the only son to live to adulthood. He took the throne at a time when protests against the corruption in the Catholic Church resulted in the Protestant Reformation (or the Protestant Schisms) in which a number of different movements emerged to 'save' the true faith. Unlike the heretical movements of the past, the Protestants were organized and quickly gained the support of monarchs, first in the dying Holy Roman Empire and then elsewhere as missionaries from the various churches began traveling through Europe. Edgar himself was a conservative and attempted to enforce adherence to Catholism as rumors of preachers from the Germanies speaking to his people reached his ears. However an outbreak of smallpox claimed the King's life in 1525, killing him and leaving wife regent for their infant son, Edgar.
[8] Lady Miriam is regarded as a monarch all but in name. She raised her son to be a just ruler. Lady Miriam did attempt to find a balance between the various Protestant sects running about the land and that consumed much of her attention. She re-opened negotiations with France and remarried the Count of Brittany. Her marriage to the Count of Brittany proved to be her undoing as well as the religious strife. In 1535, her son achieved his majority, and she was gently "encouraged" to leave. She lived the rest of her life traveling abroad. Her son took the regal name Edgar III in 1535.
[9] Edgar III is known by Scottish historians as one of the greatest Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde. He managed to move away inner tensions due to the religious strife and canalize them into the fatidic Wars of Partitions of England. He died in the 1559 Franco-Scottish Siege of Cambridge in the Third War of English Partition, struck by a cannonball. After his death, the southern enemy was no more. He was followed by his nephew, David.
[10] David was the eldest surviving relative of Edgar III, his youngest sister Margaret's middle son. He secured control of Northumberland for Scotland and the end of the English Partitions. He created the High Lordship of Ulster from the territories conquered during the Scottish invasions of Ireland in 1563, but kept the title separate to the territory in the Crown of Scotland. From this time his full title was: His Majesty by Grace of God, David III, King of the Crown of Scotland, King of Scotland and of Strathclyde, Duke of Upper and Lower Lothian, of Northumberland, of Moray and of Albany, Lord Protector of Edinburgh and of Inverness, Lord of the Isles of Skye, Man, Iona and Orkney, Prince of England and France, Stewart of the Great North Sea, Lord Lieutenant of Ulster and Regent of France. Though most of these titles were honorary - such as regent of France - or simply claimed - such as Prince of England - David is considered the grandest of Scotland's kings. He married Anne-Marie of France and was succeeded by his daughter, Margaret.
[11] Margaret II took the throne as a young maid of fifteen years and was the only legitimate child of David III. Despite declaring Margaret, Maid of Norway as a legitimate Queen of Scots, many saw Margaret II as Scotland's first Queen Regnant and didn't like it one bit. Quite a few men with Scottish royal blood, and the crowned heads of Europe all sought her hand in marriage. One suitor in particular would prove to be her undoing. James Hamilton, the third Earl of Arran was a young man prone to 'fits of madness' (in modern terms epilepsy) and during a formal audience with the Queen he suffered a small seizure that had many seeking to help him, including the Queen. By chance one of the rings on his flailing hands managed to slice the Queen's throat, causing her to bleed out in a matter of minutes. Margaret II was dead without an heir and there were several men with a claim to the throne which lead to the Earl of Sutherland.
[12] Ludovic, Earl of Sutherland, became ruler. He became ruler because of his mediation and involvement in loans. Ludovic mostly focused on financial reforms. He attempted to create the First Bank of Scotland, failed, and then founded the First Royal Bank as a result. Ludovic gained the epitaph 'the Fair' due to his moderate policies. He married a French princess to cement the Auld Alliance. Both London and Edinburgh became the capitals of Scotland, later the proposed 'United Kingdom', although the name never became formalized in Ludovic's term. He appointed his nephew David as the heir and died of old age.
[13] David IV, nephew of Ludovic and a weak and vainglorious king whose failings as a King and as a warrior lead to him losing almost all the lands and titles he had inherited from his father. By the end of the tenth year of his rule, David IV was merely King of the Scottish Highlands and even his grip on them was tenuous at best. His death in 1637 saw his nephew _____ succeed as David IV had never married
