Interesting one for today - 4th September.
1241 - Birth of Alexander III - (King of Scotland)
King Alexander III was born on this day in 1241 the only son of King Alexander II. He took the throne at the tender age of seven years old and at ten was married to Margaret the eleven year old daughter of King Henry III of England, exactly thirty years after his father had married Henry’s older daughter, Joan.
Alexander III was the last of the Malcolm Canmore dynasty of kings ruling from 1249 to 1286.
1241 - Birth of Alexander III - (King of Scotland)
King Alexander III was born on this day in 1241 the only son of King Alexander II. He took the throne at the tender age of seven years old and at ten was married to Margaret the eleven year old daughter of King Henry III of England, exactly thirty years after his father had married Henry’s older daughter, Joan.
Alexander III was the last of the Malcolm Canmore dynasty of kings ruling from 1249 to 1286.
