MALCOLM CANMORE, king of Scotland. A.D. 1056–1093.
Married Margaret, sister of Edgar Atheling.
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Duncan. Edgar. Alex. I. David I. Matilda—marr. Henry I.
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Henry E. of Huntingdon. Empress Matilda.
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Malcolm IV. William David E. of Huntingdon. |
the Lion. | Henry II.
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Alex. II. Margaret. Isabel. |
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Alex III. Devorgoil. | |
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Margaret, | | |
Q. Norway. | Robt. Bruce. Henry III.
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| Margaret. JOHN BALIOL, | |
Margaret, | | | |
Maid of Norway, | | Rob. Bruce, EDWARD I.
died 1290. | | E. of Carrick.
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John Edward ROBERT I.
Comyn. Baliol. of Scotland.
Macpherson, the editor of Andrew Wyntoun, says, in one of his notes to that author, “It is very surprising that Edward did not claim the crown of Scotland for himself, as heir of Malcolm Canmore, whose grand‐daughter Maud was his great‐great‐grandmother. His great‐grandson, Henry IV., got the crown of England without having so good an hereditary title.”
The difference between Edward I. and Henry IV. was, that Edward was a thoroughly just man, and knew that his title was wholly inferior to that of Baliol, or Comyn, or Bruce. Hence, while he never overlooked it, he never advanced it. His unquestionable claim, in 1296, lay in the one fact, that Baliol, Bruce, Comyn, and every lord in Scotland, first admitted him as lord paramount, and then made war against him, the undoubted penalty of which was, forfeiture.
[54] Tytler’s History of Scotland, vol. i., p. 96.
[55] Tytler’s History of Scotland, vol. i., p. 100.
[56] De Luc or De Luke was a Florentine merchant or banker, and collector of the Customs.
[57] Rymer’s Fœdera, vol. ii., p. 597. This, probably, is one of the earliest instances we have of an English king’s cheque upon his banker.
[58] Turner’s History of England, vol. v., p. 75.