david to was king of scots from june
seven 1329 until his death early life
david to was the elder and only
surviving son of Robert I of Scotland
and his second wife Elizabeth de Burgh
he was born on march five 1324 at
Dunfermline palace Fife his mother died
in 1327 in accordance with the Treaty of
Northampton's terms David was married on
July 17 1328 to Joan of the tower
daughter of edward to of england and
Isabella of France at barrick upon tweed
they had no issue rain David became King
of Scots upon the death of his father on
jun 7 13 29 aged five years three months
and three days David and his Queen were
crowned at skoo non November 24 13 31
during David's minority sir thomas
Randolph first Earl of Murray was
appointed guardian of Scotland by the
Act of Settlement of 13 18 after Marie's
death on july twenty thirteen thirty-two
he was replaced by Donald Earl of Mar
elected by an assembly of the magnets of
Scotland at Perth August second 1332
only ten days later ma fell at the
Battle of Dublin Muir Sir Andrew Murray
of Bothwell who was married to Christian
the sister of King Robert one was chosen
as the new Guardian he was taken
prisoner by the English at Roxburgh in
April 1333 and was thence replaced as
guardian by Archibald Douglas who fell
at haledon Hill that July meanwhile on
sep tember 24 1332 following the Scots
defeat at Dublin Edward Bailey ole a
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three of england and a pretender to the
throne of Scotland was crowned by the
English and his Scots adherents by
December however Belial was forced to
flee to England he returned the
following year as part of an invasion
force led by the English king equals
exile in France following the victory of
this force at the Battle of haledon hill
in July 1333 David and his Queen were
sent for safety
to France reaching Berlin on May 14 1334
they were received very graciously by
King Philip 6 of France little is known
about the life of the Scottish King in
France except that car sento Gaillarde
was given to him for a residence and
that he was present at the Bloodless
meeting of the English and French armies
in October 1339 at viren foss now known
as buren foss in the arrondissement of
Ervin's meanwhile David's
representatives had once again obtained
the upper hand in Scotland and the king
was able to return to his kingdom
landing at in verba V in kincardine
assure on jun 2nd 1341 when he took the
reins of government into his own hands
equals captivity in England in 1346
under the terms of the Auld Alliance
David invaded England in the interests
of the French who were at war with the
English in Normandy after initial
success at Hexham David was wounded and
his army soundly defeated at the Battle
of Neville's cross on October 17 1346
David was captured and taken prisoner by
Sir John Copeland who imprisoned him in
the Tower of London David was
transferred to windsor castle in
berkshire upon the return of edward
three from france the depiction of David
being presented to King Edward three in
the play the reign of King Edward the
third is fictitious David and his
household were later moved to Adam
castle in Hampshire his imprisonment was
not reputed a rigorous one although he
remained in England for 11 years on
october third 1357 after several
protracted negotiations with the Scots
Regency Council a treaty was signed at
barrick upon tweed under which
Scotland's nobility agreed to pay
100,000 marks as a ransom for their king
this was ratified by the Scottish
Parliament at skoo non november six 1357
equals returned to scotland david
returned at once to Scotland but after a
few years owing to the poverty of the
kingdom it was found impossible to raise
the ransom installment of 1363 David
then may
for London and sought to get rid of the
liability by offering to bequeath
Scotland to Edward three a one of his
sons in return for a cancellation of the
ransom David did this with the full
awareness that the Scots would never
accept such an arrangement in 1364 the
Scottish Parliament indignantly rejected
a proposal to make Lionel Duke of
Clarence the next king but over the next
few years David strung out secret
negotiations with Edward 3 which
apparently appeased the matter he
remarried about februari 2013 64
Margaret Drummond widow of Sir John
Logie and daughter of Sir Malcolm
Drummond he divorced her about March
twenty thirteen seventy they had no
issue Margaret however travelled to
Avignon and made a successful appeal to
the Pope to reverse the sentence of
divorce which had been pronounced
against her in Scotland she was still
alive in January 1375 from 1364 David
governed with vigor dealing firmly with
recalcitrant nobles and wider baronial
revolt and continued to pursue the goal
of final peace with England by the time
of his death the Scottish monarchy was
stronger and the Kingdom and Royal
finances more prosperous than might have
seemed possible death David too died
unexpectedly and at the height of his
power in edinburgh castle on februari
22nd 1371 he was buried in Holyrood
Abbey at the time of his death he was
planning to marry his mistress Agnes
Dunbar he left no children and was
succeeded by his distaff nephew Robert
too he was the last male of the house of
Bruce fictional portrayals David too has
been depicted in historical novels they
include cressey and pork tears or the
story of the black Prince's page by John
George Edgar the novel depicts events of
the years 1344 to 1370 with an epilogue
in 1376 the events depicted cover part
of the hundred years war and the Scotch
border wars with the Battle of Neville's
cross being a key part of the plot
david to is one of the principal
characters alongside edward three of
England Philippa of Haines alt and
Edward the Black Prince flowers of
chivalry by Nigel Tranter covers events
of the second war of Scottish
independence from 1332 to 1339 David to
is a secondary character the
protagonists being Alexander Ramsay of
dalhousie and William Douglas Lord of
Liddesdale vagabond by bernard cornwell
david to also appears as a character the
Elizabethan play edward three ancestry
notes
Frances David Nash Ford Royal Berkshire
history David to King of Scots John of
four done
dentists caterham edited by WF skein
Edinburgh John Hill Burton history of
Scotland volley Edinburgh Andrew Lang
history of Scotland vol I Edinburgh
nailed Jonathan a guide to the best
historical novels and tails air
publishing ISBN 978 0833 7250 97
shattuck Joe on the Cambridge
bibliography of English literature
volume 4 volumes 1802 1900 cambridge
university press ISBN 921 39,000 109 and
reuven town the original chronicle of
scotland edited by d lying edinburgh
further reading Michael Brown the Wars
of Scotland 1214 Oh 1371 the New
Edinburgh history of Scotland volume for
Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press
Raynald Nicholson Scotland the later
Middle Ages Edinburgh mercat press
Michael penman David to 1329 euro 71 the
Bruce dynasty in Scotland east linton
Tuckwell press