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Detailed information about the coin 1 Penny, Alexander III (2nd Coinage, Class Ma), Scotland, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data
King Alexander III. Alexander III lived from 4 September 1241 to 19 March 1286 and was King of Scotland from 6 July 1249 to 19 March 1286. He was the only son of Alexander II, and came to the throne on the death of his father, aged just 8. He was crowned on 13 July 1249 at Scone Abbey.
'Alexander III saved from the fury of a stag' by Benjamin ... His reign marked a period of peace and prosperity in Scotland. Alexander became king at the age of seven after the death of his father ...
Alexander’s III minority was marked by an intense struggle between two parties, one favourable to England and the other against. In 1255 the pro-English party led by Alan Durward; Justiciar of Scotia won out briefly. In 1257 this was reversed when the party led by Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith restored their control of Scotland. A situation which prevailed until Alexander himself assumed ...
Scotland, Alexander III (1249-1286), second coinage (c.1280), Halfpenny, crowned head left, with sceptre, + ALEXANDER DEI GRA, rev long cross pattée, two mullets of 6 points each in first and third angles, REX SCOTORUM, 0.60g (S.5061). Lightly toned, reverse cross showing through obverse portrait through clashing dies, a few light obverse ...
2. Dez. 2020 · His father was Malcolm III of Scotland (r. 1058-1093 CE) and his English mother was Queen Margaret (c. 1046-1093 CE), later to become better known as Saint Margaret of Scotland. Malcolm III had married his second wife Margaret, a Saxon princess, in 1070 CE after she had sought refuge in Scotland from the Norman Conquest of England.
On 13 July 1249, less than a week after the death of his father, a boy of almost eight years old was crowned king of Scots as Alexander III. Alan Durward, probably accompanied by others who had been with Alexander II in Argyll, deserted the corpse of his dead lord and sped east to be at the inauguration of the new king.
