Family of William I + and Avice of + AVENAL

Husband:	William I + (1143-1214)
Wife:	Avice of + AVENAL (1152-1234)
Children:	Isabel * + of SCOTLAND (1150-1226)
Status:	Unmarried Couple

Husband: William I +

Wife: Avice of + AVENAL

Name:	Avice of + AVENAL
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1152	Scotland
Death	1234 (age 81-82)

Child 1: Isabel * + of SCOTLAND

Name:	Isabel * + of SCOTLAND
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Robert II * + of ROS (1177-1226)
Birth	1150	Scotland
Occupation		Princess of Scotland
Title		Princess of Scotland
Death	23 Dec 1226 (age 75-76)	London, Middlesex, England

Note on Husband: William I +

William the Lion (c 1143 – 4 December 1214) reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the second longest in Scottish history before the Act of Union with England in 1707, (James VI's was the longest 1567–1625). He became King following his brother Malcolm IV's death on 9 December 1165 and was crowned on 24 December 1165.

 

In contrast to his deeply religious, frail brother, William was powerfully built, redheaded, and headstrong. He was an effective monarch whose reign was marred by his ill-fated attempts to regain control of Northumbria from the Normans.

 

Traditionally, William is credited with founding Arbroath Abbey, the site of the later Declaration of Arbroath.

 

He was not known as "The Lion" during his own lifetime, and the title did not relate to his tenacious character or his military prowess. It was attached to him because of his flag or standard, a red lion rampant (with a forked tail) on a yellow background. This (with the addition of a 'double tressure fleury counter-fleury' border) went on to become the Royal standard of Scotland, still used today but quartered with those of England and of Ireland. It became attached to him because the chronicler Fordun called him the "Lion of Justice".

 

William also inherited the title of Earl of Northumbria in 1152. However he had to give up this title to King Henry II of England in 1157. This caused trouble after William became king, since he spent a lot of effort trying to regain Northumbria.

 

William was a key player in the Revolt of 1173–1174 against Henry II. In 1174, at the Battle of Alnwick, during a raid in support of the revolt, William recklessly charged the English troops himself, shouting, "Now we shall see which of us are good knights!" He was unhorsed and captured by Henry's troops led by Ranulf de Glanvill and taken in chains to Newcastle, then Northampton, and then transferred to Falaise in Normandy. Henry then sent an army to Scotland and occupied it. As ransom and to regain his kingdom, William had to acknowledge Henry as his feudal superior and agree to pay for the cost of the English army's occupation of Scotland by taxing the Scots. This he did by signing the Treaty of Falaise. He was then allowed to return to Scotland. In 1175 he swore fealty to Henry II at York Castle.

 

The Treaty of Falaise remained in force for the next fifteen years. Then Richard the Lionheart, needing money to take part in the Third Crusade, agreed to terminate it in return for 10,000 silver marks.

 

William is recorded in 1206 as having cured a case of Scrofula by his touching and blessing a child with the ailment whilst at York.[2] William died in Stirling in 1214 and lies buried in Arbroath Abbey. His son, Alexander II, succeeded him as king, reigning from 1214 to 1250.

 

Due to the terms of the Treaty of Falaise, Henry II had the right to choose William's bride. As a result, William married Ermengarde de Beaumont, a granddaughter of King Henry I of England, at Woodstock Palace in 1186. Edinburgh Castle was her dowry. The marriage was not very successful, and it was many years before she bore him an heir. William and Ermengarde's children were:

 

1.Margaret (1193–1259), married Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent.

2.Isabel (1195–1253), married Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk.

3.Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249).

4.Marjorie (1209–44),[3] married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke.

By his mistress, Isabel Avenal (ca. 1143 - 1234) the daughter of Robert Avenal:

 

1.Isabella Mac William (Isibéal nic Uilliam) (born ca. 1170), married firstly in 1183 Robert III de Brus (died ca. 1191)[4] and married secondly Sir Robert de Ros, of Helmsley (died 1226)[5]

2.Robert de London[6]

3.Henry de Galightly[citation needed]

4.Ada Mac William (died 1200), married Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar (1152–1232)

5.Aufrica Mac William, married William de Say[citation needed]

6.three other children

Note on Wife: Avice of + AVENAL

William I [d], "The Lion", King of Scotland, b 1143, Scotland, d 4 Dec 1214, Stirling, Scotland. He md Ermengarde de Beaumont 5 Sep 1186, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England. His mistress was Isabel Avenal daughter of Richard Avenal and Sibyl. She was b abt 1152, Scotland, d abt 1234.

Children of William I and Isabel Avenal were:

 

Ada b abt 1170, d abt 1200. She md Patrick de Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar, 1184, son of Waltheof of Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar, and Aline.

Isabel of Scotland b abt 1180, Scotland, d 1251. She md Sir Robert de Ros, Magna Carta Surety, Knight Templar, 1191, Haddington, Lincolnshire, England, son of Everard de Ros and Rohese Trussebut.¹

Sources

1	"http://www.geneajourney.com/hntgdn.html".