ALEXANDER I

ALEXANDER I (c.1077-1124) was king of Scotland. He was son of Malcolm Canmore (Malcolm III) and Margaret, sister of Edgar Atheling. He reigned the country during 1107-24. He was a vigorous prince, surnamed on that account The Fierce.

Alexander I subdued a rising in the North, and stood stoutly in defence of the independent rights of both Crown and Church against the claim of supremacy over both on the part of England. He died in 1124.