CHAPTER VII.

THE KINGDOM OF ALBAN.

A.D. 889-900. Donald, son of Constantin, king of Alban[335]
A.D. 900-942. Constantin, son of Aedh, king of Alban[339]
A.D. 937. Battle of Brunanburg[352]
A.D. 942-954. Malcolm, son of Donald, king of Alban[360]
A.D. 945. Cumbria ceded to the Scots[362]
A.D. 954-962. Indulph, son of Constantin, king of Alban[365]
A.D. 962-967. Dubh, son of Malcolm, king of Alban[366]
A.D. 967-971. Cuilean, son of Indulph, king of Alban[367]
A.D. 971-995. Kenneth, son of Malcolm, king of Alban[368]
A.D. 995-997. Constantin, son of Cuilean, king of Alban[381]
A.D. 997-1004. Kenneth, son of Dubh, king of Alban[382]

CHAPTER VIII.

THE KINGDOM OF SCOTIA.

A.D. 1005-1034. Malcolm, son of Kenneth, king of Scotia[384]
A.D. 1018. Battle of Carham, and cession of Lothian to the Scots[393]
A.D. 1034-1040. Duncan, son of Crinan, and grandson of Malcolm, king of Scotia[399]
A.D. 1040-1057. Macbeth, son of Finnlaec, king of Scotia[405]
A.D. 1054. Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland, and puts Malcolm, son of King Duncan, in possession of Cumbria[408]
A.D. 1057-8. Lulach, son of Gilcomgan, king of Scotia[411]
A.D. 1057-8-1093. Malcolm, eldest son of King Duncan, king of Scotia[411]
Malcolm invades Northumbria five times[417]
A.D. 1092. Cumbria south of the Solway Firth wrested from the Scots[429]
State of Scotland at King Malcolm’s death[432]

CHAPTER IX.

THE KINGDOM OF SCOTIA PASSES INTO FEUDAL SCOTLAND.

Effects of King Malcolm’s death[433]
A.D. 1093. Donald Ban, Malcolm’s brother, reigns six months[436]
A.D. 1093-1094. Duncan, son of Malcolm, by his first wife Ingibiorg, reigns six months[437]
A.D. 1094-1097. Donald Ban again, with Eadmund, son of Malcolm, reigned three years[439]
A.D. 1097-1107. Eadgar, son of Malcolm Ceannmor by Queen Margaret, reigns nine years[440]
A.D. 1107-1124. Alexander, son of Malcolm Ceannmor by Queen Margaret, reigns over Scotland north of the Firths of Forth and Clyde as king for seventeen years[447]
A.D. 1107-1124. David, youngest son of Malcolm Ceannmor by Queen Margaret, rules over Scotland south of the Forth and Clyde as earl[454]
A.D. 1124-1153. David reigns over all Scotland as first feudal monarch[457]
A.D. 1130. Insurrection of Angus, Earl of Moray, and Malcolm, bastard son of Alexander I.[460]
A.D. 1134. Insurrection by Malcolm mac Eth[462]
A.D. 1138. David invades England; position of Norman barons[465]
Composition of King David’s army[466]
A.D. 1153-1165. Malcolm, grandson of David, reigns twelve years[469]
A.D. 1154. Somerled invades the kingdom with the sons of Malcolm mac Eth[469]
A.D. 1160. Revolt of six earls[471]
A.D. 1160. Subjection of Galloway[472]
A.D. 1160. Plantation of Moray[472]
A.D. 1164. Invasion by Somerled. His defeat and death at Renfrew[473]
A.D. 1166-1214. William the Lyon, brother of Malcolm, reigns forty-eight years[474]
A.D. 1174. Revolt in Galloway[475]
A.D. 1179. King William subdues the district of Ross[475]
A.D. 1181. Insurrection in favour of Donald Ban Macwilliam[476]
A.D. 1196. Subjection of Caithness[479]
A.D. 1211. Insurrection in favour of Guthred Macwilliam[482]
A.D. 1214-1249. Alexander the Second, son of King William the Lyon, reigned thirty-five years. Crowned by the seven earls[483]
A.D. 1215. Insurrection in favour of Donald Macwilliam and Kenneth Maceth[483]
A.D. 1222. Subjection of Arregaithel or Argyll[484]
A.D. 1235. Revolt in Galloway[487]
A.D. 1249. Attempt to reduce the Sudreys, and death of the king at Kerrera[488]
A.D. 1249-1285. Alexander the Third, his son, reigned thirty-six years. Ceremony at his coronation[490]
A.D. 1250. Relics of Queen Margaret enshrined before the seven earls and the seven bishops[491]
A.D. 1263. War between the kings of Norway and Scotland for the possession of the Sudreys[492]
A.D. 1266. Annexation of the Western Isles to the Crown of Scotland[495]
A.D. 1283. Assembly of the baronage of the whole kingdom at Scone, on 5th February, to regulate the succession[496]
A.D. 1285-6. Death of Alexander the Third[496]
Conclusion[497]

APPENDIX.