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William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland 1143 – 1214 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1143

Birth Location: Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 4 Dec 1214

Death Location: Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: Henry Scotland

Mother: Ada Warenne

Spouse(s): Isabel D'Avenel, Emengarde Beaumont, Margaret Hythus

Children(s): Henry DeGalightly, Ada FitzWilliam, Isabella William, Robert FitzWilliam, Aufrica FitzWilliam, Margaret None, Alexander None, Marjorie None, Marjery None

William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland was born in 1143 in Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Henry of Scotland and Ada de Warenne. William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland married Isabel D'Avenel, Emengarde de Beaumont, Margaret Hythus, and had children including Henry DeGalightly, Ada FitzWilliam, Isabella mac William, Robert FitzWilliam, Aufrica FitzWilliam, Margaret, Alexander, Marjorie, Marjery. William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland passed away in 1214 in Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland was born in 1143 in Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Henry of Scotland and Ada de Warenne.
  • William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland married Isabel D'Avenel, Emengarde de Beaumont, Margaret Hythus, and had children including Henry DeGalightly, Ada FitzWilliam, Isabella mac William, Robert FitzWilliam, Aufrica FitzWilliam, Margaret, Alexander, Marjorie, Marjery.
  • William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland passed away in 1214 in Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Scotland
1114 – 1152
Birth Location: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Ada Warenne
1120 – 1178
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Isabel D'Avenel
1143 – 1233
Birth Location: Sanhurst Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
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Emengarde Beaumont
1170 – 1233
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Hythus
1139 – 1179
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Henry DeGalightly
1160 –
Birth Location: Scotland
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Ada FitzWilliam
1164 – 1204
Birth Location: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England or Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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Isabella William
1165 – 1226
Birth Location: Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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Robert FitzWilliam
1166 – 1280
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Aufrica FitzWilliam
1170 –
Birth Location: –
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Margaret None
1193 – 1259
Birth Location: Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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Alexander None
1198 – 1249
Birth Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marjorie None
1200 – 1244
Birth Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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Marjery None
1170 – 1244
Birth Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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William Scotland's Ancestors

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William Scotland
1143 – 1214
Birth Place: Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Henry of Scotland
1114 – 1152
Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ada (de) Warenne
1120 – 1178
Grandparents
King (Davíd "The Saint" of the Scots, mac Maíl) Choluim
1080 – 1153
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Matilda (Maud) Huntington
1072 – 1131
Northumbria, England
William (de) Warenne
1075 – 1138
Lewes Castle, Sussex, England
Isabelle (de) Vermandois
1085 – 1131
Vermandois, Normandy, France
Great-Grandparents
Malcolm Scotland
1031 – 1093
Margaret Wessex
1045 – 1093
Waltheof
1049 – 1076
Judith Lens
1054 – 1086
William Warenne
1040 – 1088
Gundred
1055 – 1085
Hugues France
1053 – 1102
Adélaïde Vermandois
1065 – 1120
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Duncan Scotland
1001 – 1040
Sybil Scotland
1010 – 1070
Siward Björnsson
1015 – 1055
Ælfflæd
1016 – 1049
Lambert
1015 – 1054
Adélaïde Normandie
1026 – 1090
Ranulph Warenne
1020 – 1075
Emma Audumer
1020 – 1074
Gerbod
(unknown)
Henri I
1008 – 1060
Anne Kiev
1030 – 1075
Herbert Vermandois
1032 – 1080
Adélaïde Valois
– 1077

William Scotland's Descendants

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William (I 'the Lion', King of) Scotland (1143 – 4 Dec 1214) m. Isabel D'Avenel (1143 – 11 Feb 1233) m. Emengarde (de) Beaumont (1170 – 11 Feb 1233) m. Margaret Hythus (1139 – 1179)
  1. 1. Henry DeGalightly (Aft 1160 – ) m. Galightly (1168 – )
  2. 2. Ada FitzWilliam (Jan 1164 – 11 Jan 1204) m. Patrick (De) Dunbar (1152 – 31 Dec 1232)
    1. 1. Sir (William) Dunbar (Abt 1187 – 1253) m. Christina Corbet (Abt 1195 – 1241)
    2. 2. Fergus (de) Dunbar (1190 – 1258)
    3. 3. Patrick II (1192 – 30 Dec 1248) m. Euphemia Stewart (1206 – 1267)
      1. 1. Isabella Dunbar (1210 – 1267)
      2. 2. Patrick (de) Dunbar (13 Dec 1213 – 24 Aug 1289) m. Cecilia Fraser (Abt 1218 – Abt 1243) m. Christina (De) Bruce (1210 – 1295)
        1. 1. Patrick (de) Dunbar (11 Nov 1242 – 10 Oct 1308) m. Marjorie Comyn (1265 – 10 Oct 1308) m. unknown Comyn (Abt 1229 – 10 Oct 1308) m. Marian Macduff (Abt 1296 – ) m. Marjorie ((Brigit)) Comyn (1256 – 29 Apr 1296)
        2. 2. Cecily (de) Dunbar (1243 – 26 Oct 1327) m. James Stewart (1243 – 1309)
        3. 3. Alexander (de) Dunbar (1245 – )
        4. 4. Alexander Dunbar (1287 – 1331) m. Mistress (Abt 1285 – Deceased)
        5. 5. Cecilia (De) Dunbar ( – 1309)
      3. 3. Waldeve Dunbar (Abt 1215 – Aft 1271)
      4. 4. Ada Dunbar (1216 – )
      5. 5. Agnes Dunbar (Abt 1219 – 1269) m. Christopher Macuilleim (Abt 1219 – )
      6. 6. Isabel Dunbar (Abt 1225 – Aft 1269) m. Roger FitzJohn (Abt 1199 – 26 May 1249) m. Roger (Clavering) FitzJohn (Abt 1179 – 1249) m. Roger FitzJohn (Abt 1230 – )
        1. 1. Robert FitzRoger (1247 – 29 Apr 1310) m. Margaret (La) Zouche (1 May 1251 – 1329)
      7. 7. Isabel Dunbar (Abt 1225 – Aft 1269)
      8. 8. Ada ("Agnes" de) Dunbar (1245 – Deceased) m. Christopher (de) Seton (1240 – 15 Mar 1307)
      9. 9. George Dunbar
    4. 4. Isabel (de) Dunbar (Abt 1192 – )
    5. 5. Robert (de) Dunbar (1195 – 1258) m. Christena Carbat (Abt 1185 – )
      1. 1. Johannes King (1250 – 1346) m. Margeria (De) Tywerne (1252 – )
        1. 1. Thomas Kynge (1270 – ) m. Kynge (Abt 1274 – )
    6. 6. Ada (de) Dunbar (Abt 1195 – Aft 1230) m. Theobald Lascelles (Abt 1192 – 1225) m. William (Fitzpatrick) Home (Abt 1208 – Abt 1266) m. William Home (1208 – 1265) m. William (de) Courtenay (Abt 1185 – 18 Jan 1215)
      1. 1. William (de) Home (Abt 1240 – Abt 1300) m. Ada Dunbar (Abt 1245 – Abt 1260)
        1. 1. Galfridus (de) Home (1265 – 1300)
    7. 7. a (Abt 1196 – )
  3. 3. Isabella (mac) William (1165 – 23 Dec 1226) m. Robert (de) Brus (Bef 1141 – Bef 1191) m. Roger Bigod (1209 – 10 Jul 1270) m. Robert (De) Ros (1172 – 23 Dec 1226)
    1. 1. Margaret (Bruce de) Huntingdon (1169 – ) m. William Freskin (1164 – 5 Oct 1226) m. William (Freskyn) Demoray (1164 – 1196)
      1. 1. Walter (de) Moravia (Abt 1185 – 1244) m. Duncan (1195 – )
        1. 1. William (de) Moravia (Abt 1213 – 1293)
        2. 2. Juliana Moray (1214 – 18 May 1262) m. Thomas Randolph (Abt 1212 – 18 May 1262)
        3. 3. Walter (de) Moravia (Abt 1216 – )
      2. 2. John (de) Moravia (1190 – 1225) m. Margaret Bruce (1169 – 1226) m. Mary (1190 – )
        1. 1. Malcolm (de) Moray (Abt 1220 – ) m. Mary (de) Gask (Abt 1235 – )
    2. 2. William (De) Ros (1192 – 23 Dec 1264) m. Lucy FitzPiers (1207 – 1267)
      1. 1. Alice (de) Ros (Abt 1209 – 29 Apr 1286) m. John Comyn (Abt 1215 – Abt 1275) m. James (de) Byron (Abt 1245 – Abt 1300)
      2. 2. Robert (de) Ros (3 Mar 1223 – 17 May 1285) m. Isabel D'Aubigny (2 Aug 1226 – 15 Jun 1301) m. Maud Mainwaring (Abt 1261 – Deceased)
        1. 1. Mary (De) Ros (1242 – 23 May 1326) m. William (De) Braose (15 Jul 1224 – 6 Jan 1291)
        2. 2. Alice (de) Ros (Abt 1248 – )
        3. 3. Peter (de) Ros (Abt 1252 – )
        4. 4. John (de) Ros (Abt 1255 – 1332)
        5. 5. William (de) Ros (27 Jun 1255 – 16 Aug 1316) m. Maud DeVaux (Abt 1261 – 16 Aug 1316)
        6. 6. Isabel (de) Ros (1256 – 1309) m. Walter Fauconberge (1260 – 31 Dec 1318)
        7. 7. Robert (de) Ros (Abt 1256 – Abt 3 Feb 1311) m. Eremburgha (( Gremburgha)) Constable (Abt 1261 – )
        8. 8. Joan (de) Ros (Abt 1262 – 13 Oct 1348) m. John (de) Lovell (Abt Apr 1252 – Bef 1 Oct 1310)
        9. 9. Nicholas (De) Ros (Abt 1270 – )
      3. 3. Lucy (de) Ros (1230 – 29 Oct 1267) m. William Kyme (1225 – Bet 3 Sep 1259)
      4. 4. Alexander (de) Ros (Abt 1231 – Aft 1286) m. Alexander (de) Ros (Abt 1235 – )
      5. 5. Piers (De) Ros (Abt 1233 – 1312)
      6. 6. Herbert (De) Ros (1234 – Jun 1285)
      7. 7. Dorothea Ros (Abt 1238 – )
      8. 8. John (de) Ros (1240 – ) m. Emma (de) Scruteville (1242 – )
      9. 9. William (De) Ros (Abt 1244 – Bef 28 May 1310) m. Eustace (fitz Ralph of) Gainford (Abt 1249 – Abt 1300)
        1. 1. Robert (De) Ros (1265 – 1296)
        2. 2. Thomas (de) Ros (Abt 1268 – Deceased)
        3. 3. Isabel (de) Roos (Abt 1269 – Abt 1349) m. Marmaduke (de) Thwenge (Sep 1256 – 23 Apr 1323)
        4. 4. Lucy (De) Ros (1270 – Aft 1332) m. Robert (De) Plumpton (1275 – 1324)
        5. 5. Robert Ros (Abt 1273 – )
        6. 6. Margaret (de) Roos (1276 – )
        7. 7. Mary (de) Roos (1278 – )
        8. 8. William (de) Ros (1285 – Bet 12 Nov 1334) m. Isabel Steelton (1290 – Aft 1324)
        9. 9. Ivette (de) Ros (Abt 1285 – 1331) m. Geoffrey (Le) Scrope (1280 – 1340)
        10. 10. Agnes (de) Ross (1286 – ) m. Scrope
        11. 11. Dorothea (De) Ros (1286 – )
      10. 10. Anne (de) Ros (Abt 1246 – 1290) m. Saire Sutton (1244 – Abt 1292)
    3. 3. John (de) Ros (Abt 1192 – )
    4. 4. Lucy Ros (1193 – Bef 1293)
    5. 5. Robert (de) Ros (23 Jan 1195 – 29 Sep 1269) m. Mary Longespée (1209 – 1262) m. Christian Bertram (1216 – 1275)
      1. 1. Isabel (de) Ros (1222 – Feb 1290) m. Roger (de) Merlay (Abt 1228 – 1265)
        1. 1. Isabel (De) Merlay (1242 – 1316) m. Robert Somerville (Abt 1240 – 1297) m. John Fitz-Roger (Abt 1215 – 1249) m. Mr Thweng ( – 1266) m. .Robert (I) EURE (1230 – 1271) m. Robert CLAVERING (Abt 1227 – 1271) m. Simon Bayard (Abt 1195 – )
        2. 2. Mary (de) Merlay (1245 – Aft 1271) m. William Greystoke (yr son – 1289) m. Walter (De) Bolbec (Abt 1235 – )
        3. 3. Alice ((Agnes)) Merlay (Feb 1256 – 1270)
      2. 2. Ida (de) Ros (Abt 1230 – Aft 18 May 1315) m. Robert Neville (1223 – 20 Aug 1282) m. Richard Percy (1170 – Bef 18 Aug 1244) m. Roger Bertram (1216 – 6 Mar 1272) m. John Deincourt (1225 – 14 Oct 1257) m. John FitzMarmaduke (1224 – 16 Aug 1311)
        1. 1. Robert (de) Neville (1240 – 6 Jun 1271) m. Mary Fitz-Randolph (1244 – 11 Apr 1320)
        2. 2. John Neville (1242 – 1248)
        3. 3. Edmund (I) Bertram (1245 – 1327)
        4. 4. Thomas Bertram (Abt 1247 – )
        5. 5. Isabella Bertram (Abt 1249 – Aft 1303)
        6. 6. Christiana Bertram (Abt 1252 – ) m. de Bosville (Abt 1250 – )
        7. 7. Roger (de Bertram IV Lord) Bertram (Abt 1254 – )
        8. 8. Bamburga ((Roberta)) DEINCOURT (1258 – ) m. Roger (II BRETON) (Brett) (Jan 1260 – 6 Nov 1332)
      3. 3. Robert (de) Ros (1237 – 20 Apr 1274) m. Margaret (De) Brus (1238 – 30 Jan 1307)
        1. 1. Robert (De) Ros (1260 – 1297) m. Laura (de) Baliol (1265 – 1321)
        2. 2. Baron (William de) Ros (1272 – Bef 12 Mar 1310) m. Elizabeth ( – Aft 2 Jun 1310)
      4. 4. de Ros (Abt 1237 – ) m. Bertram
      5. 5. William (de) Ros
    6. 6. Alexander Ros (Abt 1200 – Bef 1306)
    7. 7. Geva Roos (Abt 1240 – Aft 10 Feb 1272) m. Randulf (de) Dacre (Abt 1240 – )
    8. 8. Peter (de) Ros ( – Aft 1264)
  4. 4. Robert FitzWilliam (1166 – 31 Mar 1280) m. of Lundie (Bet 1198 and 1235 – Abt 1260)
    1. 1. Walter (De) Lundin (Abt 1245 – ) m. Christian
      1. 1. Richard (De) Lundie ( – 1297) m. Margareth (Of) Dunbar (1305 – 19 Oct 1393)
        1. 1. Walter Lundy (1310 – ) m. Susanna Lundy ( – Deceased) m. Euphemia Graham (Abt 1275 – )
      2. 2. Richard (Bet 1265 and 1286 – ) m. Isabel Dunbar (1302 – 16 Jul 1351)
        1. 1. Walter (1295 – ) m. Euphemia Graham (Abt 1275 – )
      3. 3. William Lundie ( – 1384)
  5. 5. Aufrica FitzWilliam (Abt 1170 – )
  6. 6. Margaret (1193 – 1259) m. Hubert (De) Burgh (1165 – 12 May 1243)
  7. 7. Alexander (24 Aug 1198 – 8 Jul 1249) m. Joan (of) England (22 Jul 1210 – 4 Mar 1238) m. Marie (de) Coucy (1218 – Abt 1285) m. Mistress
    1. 1. Dernell Canmore (1215 – 1238) m. Alexander Hoo (1215 – 8 Mar 1241)
      1. 1. Robert Hoo (1238 – 9 May 1310) m. Beatrice (De) Andeville (1253 – 28 May 1314)
        1. 1. Robert Hoo (Abt 1274 – 1 Dec 1340) m. Hawise FitsWarin (25 Feb 1277 – 2 Sep 1344) m. Beatrice Alexander ( – 1314)
        2. 2. Robert Hoo (1275 – 1 Nov 1340) m. Hawise FitsWarin (25 Feb 1277 – 2 Sep 1344) m. Beatrice Alexander ( – 1314)
        3. 3. Joan Hoo (Abt 1277 – )
        4. 4. Rosemund Hoo (1278 – ) m. Baldwin Bassingbourne (1275 – 1348)
        5. 5. James Hoo (Abt 1279 – )
    2. 2. Marjory Dunkeld (Abt 1215 – ) m. Hugh (le) Despenser (Abt 1218 – Abt 1275)
      1. 1. Ermengarde DURWARD (1228 – ) m. William (II Sir de) Soulis (Abt 1220 – 14 Nov 1292)
      2. 2. Thomas Durward (Abt 1233 – 1296)
      3. 3. Anne (le) Despenser (1248 – 30 Sep 1328) m. Colban MacDuff (Abt 1247 – Bet 1270 and 1272) m. William (de) Ferrers (1240 – 1287) m. John (St.) Amand
        1. 1. Marjorie MacDuff (1255 – 3 Sep 1296) m. Adam (de) Gordon (Abt 1254 – 28 Apr 1296) m. Alan Stewart (Abt 1270 – Abt Mar 1309)
        2. 2. Donnchadh (1262 – 22 Jul 1298) m. Joan (de) Clare (1260 – 1322)
        3. 3. Anne (de) Ferrers (1268 – 8 Aug 1337) m. John (de) Grey (1268 – 28 Oct 1323) m. John (De) GREY (1258 – )
        4. 4. William (De) Ferrers (30 Jan 1271 – 20 Mar 1325) m. Ellen (De) Mentieth (1 Jul 1271 – 9 Feb 1316) m. Ellen (de) Segrave (1281 – 9 Feb 1316)
      4. 4. William Durward (1263 – 1322)
        1. 1. Alexander Durward (1286 – 1342)
  8. 8. Marjorie (1200 – 17 Nov 1244) m. Thibaut
  9. 9. Marjery (1170 – 17 Nov 1244) m. Eustace (de) Vesci (1169 – Aug 1216)
    1. 1. William VESCY (16 May 1205 – Bet 7 Oct 1253) m. Isabel Longespée (Abt 1208 – Bef 1244) m. Agnes (de) Ferrers (Abt 1222 – 11 May 1290)
      1. 1. John Vesci (18 Jul 1244 – 10 Feb 1289) m. Isabella (de) Beaumont (1258 – 1335) m. Agnes (of) Saluzzo (1245 – 12 Aug 1265) m. Mary Lexington
      2. 2. William (de) Vesci (19 Sep 1245 – 19 Jul 1297) m. Devorgilla macCarthy (Abt 1255 – Deceased) m. Isabel (de) Periton (1235 – 5 Jan 1315)
      3. 3. Agnes (de) Vescy (1247 – 1273) m. Roger (de) Buckton (1240 – 1265)
      4. 4. Isabel Vescy (1250 – )
      5. 5. Juliana (Felicia De) Vesci (Abt 1253 – 1354) m. Richard Vernon (1272 – 1334) m. Richard Vernon (1250 – 1330)
        1. 1. Richard Vernon (1283 – 3 Feb 1323) m. Cecilia Crew (Abt 1220 – 1310) m. Margery Camville (1283 – )
        2. 2. Joan Vernon (Abt 1298 – 1374) m. Lord (William) Stourton (1290 – 4 Mar 1342)

William Scotland's Timeline

3 Records

1143
1143
Birth of William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland in Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridgeshire, England
1214
4 Dec 1214
Age 71
Death of William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland in Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1214
Aft 4 Dec 1214
Age 71
Burial of William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland in Arbroath Abbey, Forfar, Alba
Arbroath Abbey, Forfar, Alba

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1143
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1214
    Event Place: Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Aft 4 Dec 1214
    Event Place: Arbroath Abbey, Forfar, Alba
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