Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameAlexander II , King of Scotland 
Birth24 Aug 1198, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Death8 Jul 1249, Kerrera Island, Argyll
FatherWilliam I "The Lion" , King Of Scotland, Earl Of Huntingdon (1143-1214)
MotherErmengarde de Beaumont
Spouses
Birth22 Jul 1210
Death4 Mar 1238
FatherJohn I "Lackland" King of England (1167-1216)
MotherIsabella of Angoulême Queen of England (~1188-1246)
ChildrenAlexander III (1241-1286)
Notes for Alexander II , King of Scotland
Alexander II - (b. Aug. 24, 1198, Haddington, East Lothian, Scot.--d. July 8, 1249, Kerrera Island, Argyll)
King of Scotland from 1214 to 1249, he maintained peace with England and greatly strengthened the Scottish monarchy.
Alexander came to the throne on the death of his father, William I the Lion (reigned 1165-1214). When the English barons rebelled against King John (reigned 1199-1216) in 1215, Alexander sided with the insurgents in the hope of regaining territory he claimed in northern England. After the rebellion collapsed in 1217, he did homage to King Henry III (reigned 1216-72), and in 1221 he married Henry's sister, Joan (d. 1238). In 1237 Henry and Alexander concluded an agreement (Peace of York) by which the Scots king abandoned his claim to land in England but received in exchange several English estates. The boundary of Scotland was fixed approximately at its present location.
Meanwhile, Alexander was suppressing rebellious Scots lords and consolidating his rule over parts of Scotland that had hitherto only nominally acknowledged royal authority. In 1222 he subjugated Argyll. He died as he was preparing to conquer the Norwegian-held islands along Scotland's west coast.
King of Scotland from 1214 to 1249, he maintained peace with England and greatly strengthened the Scottish monarchy.
Alexander came to the throne on the death of his father, William I the Lion (reigned 1165-1214). When the English barons rebelled against King John (reigned 1199-1216) in 1215, Alexander sided with the insurgents in the hope of regaining territory he claimed in northern England. After the rebellion collapsed in 1217, he did homage to King Henry III (reigned 1216-72), and in 1221 he married Henry's sister, Joan (d. 1238). In 1237 Henry and Alexander concluded an agreement (Peace of York) by which the Scots king abandoned his claim to land in England but received in exchange several English estates. The boundary of Scotland was fixed approximately at its present location.
Meanwhile, Alexander was suppressing rebellious Scots lords and consolidating his rule over parts of Scotland that had hitherto only nominally acknowledged royal authority. In 1222 he subjugated Argyll. He died as he was preparing to conquer the Norwegian-held islands along Scotland's west coast.
Notes for Joan (Spouse 1)
For the wife of David II of Scotland see Joan of The Tower.
Joan of England (22 July 1210 – 4 March 1238) was Queen consort of Scotland from 1221 until 1238.
Joan was the eldest legitimate daughter and third child of King John of England and Countess Isabella of Angoulême.
Joan was brought up in the court of Hugh X of Lusignan who was promised to her in marriage from an early age, as compensation for him being jilted by her mother Isabella of Angoulême, however on the death of John of England, Isabella decided she should marry him herself and Joan was sent back to England, where negotiations for her hand with Alexander II of Scotland were taking place.
She and Alexander married on 21 June 1221, at York Minster.[1] Alexander was twenty-three. Joan was ten, almost eleven. They had no children. Joan died in her brother's arms at Havering-atte-Bower in 1238, and was buried at Tarrant Crawford Abbey in Dorset.[2]
Nothing now remains of this church; the last mention of it is before the Reformation. It is said that she is now buried in a golden coffin in the graveyard.
Joan of England (22 July 1210 – 4 March 1238) was Queen consort of Scotland from 1221 until 1238.
Joan was the eldest legitimate daughter and third child of King John of England and Countess Isabella of Angoulême.
Joan was brought up in the court of Hugh X of Lusignan who was promised to her in marriage from an early age, as compensation for him being jilted by her mother Isabella of Angoulême, however on the death of John of England, Isabella decided she should marry him herself and Joan was sent back to England, where negotiations for her hand with Alexander II of Scotland were taking place.
She and Alexander married on 21 June 1221, at York Minster.[1] Alexander was twenty-three. Joan was ten, almost eleven. They had no children. Joan died in her brother's arms at Havering-atte-Bower in 1238, and was buried at Tarrant Crawford Abbey in Dorset.[2]
Nothing now remains of this church; the last mention of it is before the Reformation. It is said that she is now buried in a golden coffin in the graveyard.