David I, King of Scotland

Abt 1080 - 1153  (~ 73 years)

• Name	David I
  Suffix	King of Scotland
  Birth	Abt 1080  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1085  [5, 6]
  Death	24 May 1153	Carlisle, Cumberland, England   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Burial	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [1, 5, 6]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. Mary of Scotland   d. 18 Apr 1118 ▻ Eustache III of Boulogne + 2. Matilda of Scotland, Queen Consort of England ,   b. 1079   d. 1 May 1118, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 39 years) ▻ Henry I, King of England ,  m. 11 Nov 1100 + 3. David I, King of Scotland ,   b. Abt 1080   d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England  (Age ~ 73 years) ▻ Maud of Northumberland ,  m. Bef Jul 1113
  Person ID	I6369	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF, Ancestor of XYZ
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Malcolm III Canmore, King of Scotland (Alba),   b. Between 1030 and 1035   d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	St. Margaret of Scotland,   b. Abt 1050   d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	Between 1068 and 1069	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F3159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud of Northumberland,   b. Abt 1072   d. Between 1130 and 1131 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	Bef Jul 1113  [5, 9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Henry of Scotland,   b. Abt 1114   d. 12 Jun 1152 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F5533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2016

  
  

• Notes

  "David I was driven by a clear and consistent vision, pious and authoritarian, of what his kingdom should be: Catholic, in the sense of conforming to the doctrines and observances of the western church; feudal, in the sense that a lord–vassal relationship, involving knight-service, should form the basis of government; and open, in the sense that external (especially continental) influences of all kinds, religious, military, and economic, were encouraged and exploited to strengthen the Scottish kingdom. Alongside his eclecticism, David's strong sense of the autonomy of his realm and of his own position within it must be acknowledged. The surviving numbers of his charters, compared with those of his predecessors, surely point to an increase in the sophistication, and probably also in the activity, of government. During David's reign the administration of royal justice became more firmly established and was organized more effectively. Those who enjoyed their own courts were told that the king would intervene if they failed to provide justice. The addresses of royal charters and writs (Scottish ‘brieves’) show that from c.1140 justiciars were appointed. Although none is known by name, these officers were clearly the predecessors of the named justiciars of succeeding reigns." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

  
  

• Sources

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