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Name: Alexander III King Of Scots
Sex: M
Birth: 4 Sep 1241 in Roxburgh ^b
Death: 19 Mar 1285/6 in Near Kinghorn ^d
Burial: Dunfermline, Fife ^u

Parents:

Father:
Alexander II King Of Scots Birth: 24 Aug 1198 in Haddington, East Lothian Death: 9 Jul 1249 in Isle Of Kerrera

Mother:

Mary Of Coucy Birth: 2 Death: 1284 in France

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret on 26 Dec 1251 at York, Yorkshire .^m1
Margaret Birth: 29 Oct 1240 in Windsor Castle Death: 26 Feb 1274/5 in Cupar Castle, Fife

Children:

Margaret Birth: 28 Feb 1260/1 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire Death: 9 Apr 1283 in Tonsberg
Alexander Birth: 21 Jan 1263/4 in Jedburgh Death: 28 Jan 1283/4 in Lindores Abbey, Fife
David Birth: 20 Mar 1272/3 Death: Jun 1281 in Stirling Castle

Marriage:

Yolanda Of Dreux on 14 Oct 1285 at Jedburgh .^m2
Yolanda Of Dreux Birth: Abt 1263 Death: 2 Aug 1322

Bibliography

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Previte-Orton, C. W., The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge: University Press, 1952. Reprinted with corrections 1960. Available at (part 1) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149173 and (part 2) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149602. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CMH p[0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxvii, ES II #90, Paget HRHCharles p157, Paget HRHCharles p175, Paget HRHCharles p18, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6]; 1241 [Ref: Louda RoyalFamEurope #12],
place:: [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p157, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxvii, ES II #90, Louda RoyalFamEurope #12, Paget HRHCharles p157, Paget HRHCharles p175, Richardson PA p11, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p591, SP I p6],
father:: [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p181]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxvii, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p594, SP I p6]; 1286 [Ref: Louda RoyalFamEurope #12, Tapsell Dynasties p181]; 19 Mar 1286 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p158, Paget HRHCharles p18]; 19.III 1286 [Ref: ES II #83, ES II #90, ES III.1 #63],
place:: Kinghorn [Ref: SP I p6]; at Kinghorn [Ref: Richardson PA p15]; between Burntisland and Kinghorn [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p158]; falling off a cliff at Kinghorn [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p594]; near Kinghorn [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p18]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:: 16 Mar 1286 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p175, Paget HRHCharles p178]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p594, SP I p6]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage ccliv, Burke Peerage cclxxxvii, ES II #83, ES II #90, Paget HRHCharles p175, Paget HRHCharles p18, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6]; 1251 [Ref: Louda RoyalFamEurope #12, Louda RoyalFamEurope #3]; 26 Feb 1251 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p157]; first marriage of Alexander [Ref: CMH p608],
place:: [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p157, Paget HRHCharles p18, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6],
names:: [Ref: CP V p736f, Faris PA2 p281, Richardson PA pxxviii, Richardson RoyalAnc v1c2, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p63],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxvii, ES II #90, Paget HRHCharles p157, Paget HRHCharles p178, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6]

Sources with Information about marriage to Yolanda Of Dreux

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxvii, ES II #90, ES III.1 #63, Paget HRHCharles p158, Paget HRHCharles p177, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6]; final marriage of Alexander III [Ref: CP X p814(b), CP X p819]; first marriage of Yolanda [Ref: ES II #18, Thompson CharlesII v18-126],
place:: [Ref: ES III.1 #63, Paget HRHCharles p158, Richardson PA p15, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p593, SP I p6]

1. Alexander III King Of Scots m1. Margaret m2. Yolanda Of Dreux

m. Margaret father: Henry III King Of England mother: Eleanor Of Provence

2+ Margaret m. Erik II King Of Norway

3 Alexander m. Margaret Of Flanders; Margaret Of Flanders father: Guy De Dampierre Count Of Flanders mother: Isabel Of Luxemburg

4 David

m. Yolanda Of Dreux father: Robert IV Count Of Dreux mother: Beatrix Of Montfort

2nd generation

2. Margaret m. Erik II King Of Norway

m. Erik II King Of Norway father: Magnus IV Lagabote King Of Norway mother: Ingeborg Of Denmark

5 Margaret Queen Of Scots, Maid Of Norway m. Edward II King Of England; Edward II King Of England father: Edward I King Of England mother: Eleanor Of Castile

Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

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