England's Alfred was the Great; Scotland's Robert I was this
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Genealogy of the British Royal Family - Wikipedia  The recorded genealogy of the British Royal Family traces back to the early Middle Ages. ... 6 Bruce; 7 Huntingdon; 8 Celtic Kings of Scotland; 9 Saxon Kings of England, ... Prince Albert, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Louise of ... Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, son of Conrad the Great and Liutgard of...
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Wessex and England - Robert Sewell's Genealogy Site  Robert Sewell ... The ancient Kings of Scotland claimed a legendary antiquity beginning with .... Alfred the Great, King of England from 871 to his death in 899
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Biographies of Great Men & Women of England, Wales and Scotland  Robert Bruce is surely the greatest of all the great Scottish heroes, yet the ... years before his birth, Edward Plantagenet had become King Edward I of England.
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British Royal Family Tree - British Royal Family History  ALFRED THE GREAT, KING OF WESSEX (871-899) 1 was born 849 in .... William became King of England by defeating Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. ..... KING OF SCOTLAND ROBERT I THE BRUCE was born July 11, 1274,...
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The Ancestory Of Robert E. Lee  The Descent Of General Robert Edward Lee From Robert The Bruce, Of Scotland. ... in the gloomy defiles of the Roncesvalles; or as Alfred the Great, of England,...
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Alfred the Great: The Most Perfect Man in History? | History Today  King Alfred of Wessex (r.871-99) is probably the best known of all ... ruthless, dictatorial behaviour which any king needed to survive in ninth-century realpolitik. ... killed by the Danish army which Alfred defeated, and Edward the Confessor, the last ... After Geoffrey of Monmouth's successful promotion, the British Arthur was...
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St Margaret - The Only Royal Scottish Saint - Historic UK  St Margaret of Scotland, Scottish saint well known for her kindness to the poor and ... The Scottish King, Malcolm III, known as Malcolm Canmore (or Great Head) ... Many people believe that in doing this, it was not only Queen Margaret's goal to ... of the Roman Church over the native Celtic Church in the north of the country.
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Robert the Bruce - Wikipedia  Robert I (11 July 1274  7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation, and eventually led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. ... Robert the Bruce supported his family's claim to the Scottish throne and took...
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC LEADERS - StudyStack  BOHEMOND I WAS A GREAT LEADER OF THE FIRST OF THESE EXPEDITIONS, IN THE 1090S, CRUSADES. CATHERINE DE MEDICI WAS THIS SCOTTISH...
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Robert The Bruce - the Paisley Tartan Army  His early days as King did not go well and after a defeat at Perth he spent over a ... a lead container thought to contain King Robert the Bruce's heart which had been ... In 1314, a huge English army lead by Edward II, the son of Longshanks and ... in her will that he should hand over the legacy to his eldest son when he died.
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Braveheart - Wikiquote  Directed by Mel Gibson and written by Randall Wallace. ... 1 Sir William Wallace; 2 King Edward I "Longshanks"; 3 Robert the Bruce; 4 Stephen ... In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. ..... Wallace rode into his bead chamber and killed him. More a...
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Braveheart - Wikiquote  Tell them Scotland is free! ... In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, ... And I, Robert the Bruce, rode out to pay homage to the armies of the English King ... Sure, didn't the Almighty send me to watch your back? ... [takes William off the horse] But I need you to stay here and look after the...
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King Alfred the Great - Wikipedia  Alfred the Great (849  26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. ... He was the youngest son of King thelwulf of Wessex by his first wife, Osburh. In 853 .... The retreating Danish force supposedly left Britain the following summer.
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Kings and Queens of Scotland - Historic UK  Kings and Queens of Scotland from 1005 to the Union of the Crowns in 1603, ... With the Anglo-Scottish agreement of 1217, he established a peace between ... legitimate son of Robert Bruce, he succeeded his father when only 5 years of age. ... Although king in name, James did not really start to gain control and rule the...
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James VI and I - Wikipedia  James VI and I (19 June 1566  27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, .... James was crowned King of Scots at the age of thirteen months at the...
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List of English monarchs - Wikipedia  This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, King of ... Arguments are made for a few different kings deemed to control enough of the ancient kingdoms of the ..... The Wars of the Roses (14551485) saw the throne pass back and forth between the rival houses of Lancaster and York.
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Robert the Bruce - Wikipedia  Robert I (11 July 1274  7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce was King of Scots ... Edward I's forces defeated Robert in battle, forcing him to flee into hiding in the Hebrides and Ireland before ... of much of Scotland, and at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Robert defeated a much larger English army under...
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Malcolm III, 'Canmore', King of Scots - Geni  Sep 19, 2016 ... Genealogy for Mel Coluim III 'Canmore' mac Donnchada, R na h'Alba ... King Malcolm 3 Canmore (of Scotland) in MyHeritage family trees .... Donald mac Malcolm ... of England after peace was negotiated between the two kings[316]. ..... King Alexander I had one illegitimate son by an unknown mistress:.
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Saint Ethelbert I, King of Kent - Geni  Jun 17, 2016 ... Birthdate: circa 560 .... elbeorht I, King of Kent succeeded to the title of King elbeorht I of ... in Canterbury, at what came to be known as St Augustine's Abbey. .... The Chronicle also states that these kings held the title "bretwalda", ... [21] thelberht certainly was a dominant ruler by 601, when Gregory...
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Robert II of Scotland - Wikipedia  Robert II (2 March 1316  19 April 1390) reigned as King of Scots from 1371 to his death as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. He was the son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and of ... The birth of a son, afterwards David II, to King Robert on 5 March 1324 cancelled Robert Stewart's position as heir...
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Robert the Bruce - Wikipedia  Robert I (11 July 1274  7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce was King of Scots ..... The reason for this is uncertain, though Fordun records Robert fighting for ... Edward ordered Robert Bruce to put his castle at Kildrummy, "in the keeping ... Bruce and his party then attacked Dumfries Castle where the English...