Ruler · 1142 – 1214

William the Lion

Lived 1142 – 1214; politician. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 1165 – 1214.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1142 – 1214; 72 years
In office: 49 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 29th of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

25 before

Alexander I of Scotland1107 – 1124

David I of Scotland1124 – 1153

Malcolm IV of Scotland1153 – 1165

William the Lion1165 – 1214

Alexander II of Scotland1214 – 1249

Alexander III of Scotland1249 – 1286

Margaret, Maid of Norway1286 – 1290

19 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1165 – 1214 · 49 years · came to it aged 23

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

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