David I of Scotland
King of Alba from 1124 to 1153 · United Kingdom · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1084 to 1153 · aged 69
David I was a 12th century ruler and saint who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of King Malcolm III and Queen Margaret, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093.
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William "Rufus", the Red, King of the English, and partial instigator of the Scottish civil war, 1093-1097.
King Henry I of England, drawn by Matthew Paris. Henry's policy in northern Britain and the Irish Sea region essentially made David's political life.
The ruins of Kinloss Abbey in Moray, founded by David in 1150 for a colony of Melrose Cistercians.
King Stephen drawn by Matthew Paris. David used Stephen's "usurpation" as his casus belli with England, even if it was not the actual reason.
Steel engraving and enhancement of the reverse side of the Great Seal of David I, a picture in the Anglo-Continental style depicting David as a warrior leader.
Matilda, former empress in Holy Roman Empire
Steel engraving and enhancement of the obverse side of the Great Seal of David I, portraying David in the "Continental" fashion as the other-worldly maintainer of peace and defender of justice.About this person
Perhaps after 1100, he became a dependent at the court of King Henry I of England, by whom he was influenced.
