He also married Henry's illegitimate daughter Sybilla (Henry had married Alexander's sister Matilda). On the other hand, he was also known for his support of the church and his piety, which included the foundation of abbeys on Inchcolm and at Scone.Īlexander continued his predecessor's close (and subservient) links with Henry I of England, in 1114 commanding part of Henry's army on campaign in Wales. The lands south of the Forth and Clyde were made into a separate earldom and placed in the care of another brother, David, who went on to become David I.Īlexander gained a reputation for fierceness after suppressing a revolt by descendants of King Lulach in Moray. When Edgar died he bequeathed only the northern half of his Kingdom to Alexander.
This image is one of the easiest hillforts to visit in Scotland and surrounds the Beheading StoneĪlexander I - 1077 to 1124 and was King of Scotland from January 1107 to 1124.Īlexander was the fifth son of Malcolm III and Margaret and he followed his brothers Edgar, Edmund (with Donald III) and his half brother Duncan II to the throne. On of their hillforts, Mote Hill was destroyed by fire and subsequently vitrified around 250 AD. Around 200 AD the Maeatae broke their treaties with Rome and sided with the Caledonians to the North which was the cause of Septimius’s Severus's invasion of 208 AD. The people around Stirling were known as the Maetae and their name survives in two local landmarks: Myot Hill and Dumyat (Dun Maeatae: the Fort of the Maeatae). Agricola also won the Battle of Mons Graupius, the first recorded in Scottish history, the leader of the Caledonians Calgacus (Sword Man) is the first-named Scot, and built the Gask Ridge, argued to be the first boundary the Romans Empire ever created which started from Doune! The first of the invasions, under General Agricola, placed Stirling firmly in the Empire. This means that for the next 2000 years Stirling becomes one of the most important locations in Scottish history.
AD 142 AD under Emperor Antoninus Pius Īll of these armies had to come through Stirling as it was the lowest crossing point of the forth and the only way an army could march north or south on land.The Romans invaded what became Scotland on numerous occasions and at least four of these they went through Stirling:
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