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| | Alexander II of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Alexander II (August 24, 1198 - July 6, 1249), king of Scotland, son of William I, the Lion, and of, was born at Haddington in 1198, and succeeded to the kingdom on the death of his father on 4 December 1214. |
 | | The year after his accession the clans MacWilliam and MacHeth, inveterate enemies of the Scottish crown, broke into revolt; but loyalist forces speedily quelled the insurrection. |
 | | Alexander next attempted to dissuade Ewen, the son of Duncan, Lord of Argyll, to sever his allegiance to the Norwegian king. |
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