Alexander I

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Alexander I was a 12th-century King of Scots known for consolidating royal authority and supporting ecclesiastical reform in Scotland.

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Label Occurrences
Alexander I canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Scots ⓘ
medieval monarch ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Dunfermline ⓘ
Scone ⓘ
Stirling ⓘ
birthCentury 11th century ⓘ
burialPlace Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ
capital Scone ⓘ
conflict disputes with his brother David over lands in southern Scotland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 23 April 1124 ⓘ
deathPlace Stirling, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Stirling
dynasty House of Dunkeld ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
father Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
founded Inchcolm Priory ⓘ
linked to: Inchcolm Abbey

Scone Priory ⓘ
linked to: Scone Abbey

Stirling Castle chapel ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
languageOfCourt Gaelic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mother Margaret of Wessex ⓘ
motherDynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
notableFor consolidating royal authority in Scotland ⓘ
founding religious houses ⓘ
supporting ecclesiastical reform in Scotland ⓘ
patronage Augustinian canons ⓘ
Benedictine monks ⓘ
positionHeld King of Scots ⓘ
predecessor Edgar of Scotland ⓘ
pursuedPolicy promoting reformed monastic orders in Scotland ⓘ
strengthening central royal authority over regional lords ⓘ
regnalName Alexander I ⓘ
reignEnd 1124 ⓘ
reignStart 1107 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
royalStyle King of the Scots ⓘ
linked to: King of Scots
sibling David I of Scotland ⓘ
Edgar of Scotland ⓘ
Matilda of Scotland ⓘ
spouse Sybil Corbet ⓘ
Sybil, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England ⓘ
successor David I of Scotland ⓘ
supportedBy Scottish Church reformers ⓘ
title Rex Scottorum ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander I of Scotland → title → Alexander I ⓘ
Alexander I of Scotland → regnalName → Alexander I ⓘ
subject linked to: Alexander I
Alexander the Blessed → hasAlias → Alexander I ⓘ