William the Lion
William I the Lion (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam an Leòmhann), sometimes styled William I (Uilleam MacEanraig; Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric) and also known by the nickname Garbh, 'the Rough'[2] (c. 1142 – 4 December 1214), reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. His almost 49-year-long reign was the longest for a Scottish monarch before the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
William I
9 December 1165 –
4 December 1214
24 December 1165
c. 1142[1]
4 December 1214 (aged 72)
Stirling, Scotland
Margaret, Countess of Kent
Isabella, Countess of Norfolk
Alexander II of Scotland
Marjorie, Countess of Pembroke
Isabella Mac William (illegitimate)
Early life[edit]
William was born around 1142, during the reign of his grandfather King David I of Scotland. His parents were the king's son Henry and Ada de Warenne. William was around 10 years old when his father died in 1152, making his elder brother Malcolm the heir apparent to their grandfather. From his father, William inherited the Earldom of Northumbria. David I died the next year, and William became heir presumptive to the new king, Malcolm IV. In 1157, William lost the Earldom of Northumbria to Henry II of England.[3]