ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Alexander III
1241 - 1286

Alexander III
  • Born Wed, 4 September 1241
  • Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh
  • Died Tue, 19 March 1286
  • Kinghorn Ness
  • Buried
  • Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline
Details
Parents
    • King of Scotland
    • Tue, 6 July 1249 - Tue, 19 March 1286
    • Crowned Tue, 13 July 1249 at Scone Palace, Perth
    • Reigned 36 years, 8 months, 13 days
  • King of Scotland
  • Alexander
  • Lived 44 years, 6 months, 15 days

father

  • Alexander II
  • 1198 - 1249

mother

  • Marie de Coucy
  • 1218 - 1285
Family

Wife

Margaret of England
  • Margaret of England
  • 1240 - 1275
  • Married Monday, 25 December 1251
  • at York Minster, York
  • York Minster, York
  • Groom was 10 Bride was 11
  • Marriage lasted 23 years, 2 months, 1 day
  • Ended on death of Wife

Daughter

Margaret of Scotland
  • Margaret of Scotland
  • 1261 - 1283
Family

Wife

Yolande of Dreux
  • Yolande of Dreux
  • 1263 - 1330
  • Married Monday, 15 October 1285
  • at Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh
  • Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh
  • Groom was 44 Bride was 22
  • Marriage lasted 5 months, 4 days
  • Ended on death of Husband