William I of Scotland, King of Scotland
- Born: 1143 766
- Marriage: Ermengarde de Beaumont on 5 Sep 1186 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England 766
- Died: 4 Dec 1214, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland at age 71 766
- Buried: 1214, Arbroath Abbey, Forfar, Angus, Scotland 766
Another name for William was William the Lion.
General Notes:
Notes on William the Lyon
Succeeded his brother Malcolm in 1165. Origin of his designation a mystery. William supported King Henry of England in his continental wars. But being disappointed in not receiving disputed districts of Northumberland, he invaded. On 13 Jul 1174 he was captured near Alnwick Castle, conveyed to Normandy, and paid homage to Henry as the price of his liberation in the Treaty of Falaise, which was revoked by Richard I in 1189 for 10,000 marks. William founded in 1178, the Abbey of Arbroath, where he is buried. Burke’s Peerage reports buried at Aberbrothock. William had five illegitimate children, a son and four daughters, from each of whom sprang a claimant to the Scottish Crown in 1291-1292. {Burke’s Peerage and Chamber’s Biographical Dictionary} [GADD.GED]
Earl of Northumberland (1152-57), King of Scotland (1165-1214) -crowned 24 Dec 1165, Scone Abbey. [genealogy.eu]
Noted events in his life were:
• Title: Earl of Northumberland, 1152-1157.
• Title: King of Scotland, 1165-1214.
William married Ermengarde de Beaumont, daughter of Richard de Beaumont, Viscount of Beaumont-le-Maine and Unknown, on 5 Sep 1186 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England.766 (Ermengarde de Beaumont was born about 1170,766 died on 11 Feb 1234 766 and was buried in 1234 in Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland 766.)
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