King of Scotland Alexander Canmore, II

1198 - 1249  (50 years)

• Name	Alexander Canmore
  Prefix	King of Scotland
  Suffix	II
  Born	24 Aug 1198	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jul 1249	Isle of Kerrara, Bay of Oban, Scotland
  Person ID	I445653921	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2012

  
  

  Family 1	Joan of England
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marie de Coucy
  Married	15 May 1239	Roxburgh, Scotland
  Children	1. King of Scotland Alexander Canmore, III,   b. 4 Sep 1241, Roxburgh, Scotland ,   d. 19 Mar 1286, Kinghorne, Fife, Scotland  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F227892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Knighted by King John of England in 1212. Was 16 years old when he became King of Scotland. Lent his support to the barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. In 1220, Alexander built Eilean Donan Castle near Dornie in Western Ross. The castle later became the stronghold of the Clan MacKenzie and the Clan MacRae. In 1221, Alexander married the late King John's daughter, Joan. Joan was also the sister of King Henry III. Joan died in 1238, and in 1239, Alexander married Marie De Coucy, the daughter of French baron, Engeurrand De Coucy. Their son was Alexander III. In order to keep Scotland and England from going to war in 1244, it was agreed that Alexander's son, Alexander III, would marry Henry III's daughter Margaret. Alexander II died suddenly, in 1249, while planning the conquest of the Western Isles.