Daily Medieval

During the Battle of Neville's Cross , when King David II of Scotland heeded France's request to attack England as part of their Aul...

Scotland's relationship with England has always been an issue on the island of Great Britain. They were "friendly enemies," si...

When David I became King of Scotland, little did the world know that the previous three decades of short reigns and rebellions would be rep...

The fifth son of Malcolm III and Margaret of Wessex , Alexander got to be king of Scotland after Malcolm's death only after his uncle ...

So when Malcolm III of Scotland died, his brother swept in and became King Donald III before Malcolm's sons could succeed their father...

When Malcolm III died at the 2nd Battle of Alnwick, his eldest son died with him (and his wife died a few days later after hearing the new...

Margaret of Wessex was almost 50 years old in 1093 when her husband, King Malcolm III of Scotland, and her eldest son went to war against t...

King Malcolm III of Scotland (c.1031 - 1093) was alternately supporting and attacking English royalty. The tradition that his father had sen...

Almost exactly a decade ago I posted " The Real Macbeth " about how he killed Duncan I of Scotland. Well, let's talk about Dun...

For Edgar Ætheling , landing in Scotland in 1068—whether by accident or design—was fortuitous. King Malcolm III took a liking to Edgar's...

(See Parts One and Two ) After rejecting the claims of others, The Great Cause concluded that John Balliol was the most appropriate choice ...

( Part One ) So the 13 claimants for the throne of Scotland came down to the four most likely candidates. The  An t-Adhbhar Mòr  (Scottish G...

After the death of Alexander III of Scotland and his granddaughter, Margaret , the problem of who would rule Scotland rose again in Septemb...

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

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...

Alexander II came to the throne of Scotland at the age of 16 with two missions in mind: ensure Scotland's unity by subduing attempts by ...

Although William I of Scotland fell out of favor with King Henry II of England, Henry did restore all the castles he had occupied when Wil...

Henry II of England had such a hold over William I of Scotland (after William joined in the rebellion of Henry's sons against their fa...

In yesterday's post about St. Ninian , I suggested that the biography of him written 700 years later by Aelred of Rievaulx may have had...