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Not much is known of him, but he appears to have been an ineffective monarch. Though not evident at the time, he was also the last Scottish monarch to have a Scottish name.
See EA Freeman, The Norman Conquest, vols. iv. and v. ( 1867 — 1879), and The Reign of William Rufus (1882); WF Skene, Celtic Scotland ( 1876 - 1880); EW Robertson, Scotland under her Early Kings ( 1862); and A Lang, History of Scotland, vol. i. ( 1900).
| Preceded by: David I | King of ScotsThis is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The | Succeeded by: William IWilliam I (William the Lion, William Leo, William Dunkeld or William Canmore ( 1142/ 1143 December 4 1214) reigned as King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the longest in Scottish history. He became King following his brother Malcolm IV's deat |
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