Daily Medieval

When King Alexander III of Scotland died unexpectedly , the only heir to the throne was his granddaughter in Norway, Margaret. He had named ...

After the death of his first wife, Margaret of England , Alexander III did not marry again for a decade. There was no "need," sin...

The marriage of King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret of England did not start out as a happy one.  As the daughter of King Henry III...

Alexander III of Scotland (4 September 1241 - 19 March 1286) wanted to finally bring all of Scotland and surrounding islands into one unifie...

King Alexander II of Scotland had a problem: there were strings of islands off his northern and western coasts that he'd like to think o...

One of the re-creations of the Battle of Largs [ source ] King Haakon Haakonsson of Norway refused to sell islands off the Scottish coa...

If you look at the top of the globe, you realize how seafarers from Norway could easily dip south to Scotland on their way to colonize Ic...