Alexander II "the Peaceful" DE HUNTINGDON King of the Scots (1214-49) 871
- Born: 24 Aug 1198, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland 871
- Married (1): 19 Jun 1221, York, England 563,871
- Married (2): 15 May 1239, Boves, Picardy, Kent, England 871,4570
- Married (3): 871
- Died: 8 Jul 1249, Kerrera, Argyllshire, Scotland 871
- Buried: Melrose Abbey, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland 871
 Ancestral File Number: 8XJ7-BJ.
General Notes:
The year after his accession the clans Meic Uilleim and MacHeths, inveterate enemies of the Scottish crown, broke into revolt; but loyalist forces speedily quelled the insurrection. In the same year Alexander joined the English barons in their struggle against John I of England, and led an army into the Kingdom of England in support of their cause; but after John's death, on the conclusion of peace between his youthful son Henry III of England and the French prince Louis VIII of France, the Scottish king joined in the pacification. Diplomacy further strengthened the reconciliation by the marriage of Alexander to Henry's sister Joan of England on June 18 or June 25, 1221.
The next year marked the subjection of the hitherto semi-independent district of Argyll. Royal forces crushed a revolt in Galloway in 1235 without difficulty; nor did an invasion attempted soon afterwards by its exiled leaders meet with success. Soon afterwards a claim for homage from Henry of England drew forth from Alexander a counter-claim to the northern English counties. The two kingdoms, however, settled this dispute by a compromise in 1237.
Joan died in March, 1238 in Essex, and in the following year, 1239, Alexander remarried. His second wife was Marie de Coucy. The marriage took place on May 15, 1239, and produced one son, the future Alexander III, born in 1241.
A threat of invasion by Henry in 1243 for a time interrupted the friendly relations between the two countries; but the prompt action of Alexander in anticipating his attack, and the disinclination of the English barons for war, compelled him to make peace next year at Newcastle. Alexander now turned his attention to securing the Western Isles, which still owed a nominal allegiance to Norway. He successively attempted negotiations and purchase, but without success. Alexander next attempted to dissuade Ewen, the son of Duncan, Lord of Argyll, to sever his allegiance to Haakon IV of Norway. Ewen rejected these attempts, and Alexander sailed forth to compel him.
But on the way he suffered a fever at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides, and died there in 1249. 4990
Marriage Information:
Alexander married Joan PLANTAGENET Princess of England, daughter of John "Lackland" PLANTAGENET King of England, Earl of Cornwall and Isabella Taillefer D' ANGOULÊME Queen of England, on 19 Jun 1221 in York, England 563,871. (Joan PLANTAGENET Princess of England was born on 22 Jul 1210 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 563,871, died on 4 Mar 1236-1237 in Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England 563,871 and was buried in Tarrant, Keynstan, Dorsetshire, England 871.)
Marriage Information:
Alexander also married Marie DE COUCY Queen of Scotland, daughter of Enguerrand III DE COUCY and Marie DE MONTMIRAIL, on 15 May 1239 in Boves, Picardy, Kent, England 871,4570. (Marie DE COUCY Queen of Scotland was born about 1218-1219 in Boves, Somme, France 871,4570, died in 1251 4570 and was buried in Newbottle, Durham, England 871,4570.)
Marriage Information:
Alexander also married Countess Isabella of Atholl 871. (Countess Isabella of Atholl was born about 1197 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland 871 and died in 1236 871.)
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