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This Sceptred Isle

Henry I and the Scottish Kings
The Scottish Kings. The Scottish and English monarchs had fought each other and now the Scots claimed territory as far south as Lancashire. This was the time of the great Scottish king David and it was under him that his nation reached the height of its powers.

King Henry thought David so important that it was his biggest ambition that the Scottish monarch should swear an oath of allegiance to England. Under David the Scottish courts became far more sophisticated and according to the chronicler William of Malmesbury ‘rubbed off the tarnish of Scottish barbarism’.

In England the battle took place to make a woman monarch. She was Matilda, daughter of Henry I, who would become one of the most famous pretenders to the throne.

Her son, Henry would one day become king and it was he that would lead the great invasion of Ireland that began 800 years of struggles between the two nations.

David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland
DAVID I OF SCOTLAND

  • Came to the Scottish throne in 1124 and welcomed Englishmen and Frenchmen to his court
  • The first Scottish king to issue his own coin and founded chartered burghs and new-style sheriffdoms
  • Promised tax rebates to his subjects who adopted a civilised life-style
  • Led several invasions into England and managed to secure the earldom of Northumberland for his son Henry who died in 1152
  • David's grandson Malcolm became heir

did you know?
The earliest record of a Miracle Play was in 1110. It was performed at Dunstable.

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Chronology
1100Henry I becomes King of England
1107Alexander I becomes King of Scotland
1120Henry I's son and heir drowns, Matilda heiress
1124David I becomes King of Scotland
1135Stephen I becomes King of England

FAMOUS SCOTTISH KINGS
Macbeth
Malcolm Canmore
Donald Bane
Edgar
Alexander I
David I
Malcolm IV
William the Lion


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