David I of Scotland

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House of Dunkeld monarch King of Scots medieval monarch

David I of Scotland was a 12th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for extensive ecclesiastical reform, feudal modernization, and the founding of numerous monasteries that reshaped medieval Scottish society.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
David I 1
David I of Scotland as Prince of the Cumbrians 1
King David I of Scotland 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf House of Dunkeld monarch ⓘ
King of Scots ⓘ
medieval monarch ⓘ
alliedWith Henry I of England ⓘ
birthDate c. 1084 ⓘ
birthPlace probably Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ
child Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria ⓘ
claimed territories in northern England ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 24 May 1153 ⓘ
dynasty House of Dunkeld ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
father Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
founded Cambuskenneth Abbey ⓘ
Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Jedburgh Abbey ⓘ
Kelso Abbey ⓘ
Melrose Abbey ⓘ
Newbattle Abbey ⓘ
fullName David I of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: David I
grantedTitle Earldom of Huntingdon ⓘ
heldTitle Earl of Huntingdon ⓘ
implemented feudal land tenure in Scotland ⓘ
introduced Augustinian houses to Scotland ⓘ
Cistercian monasteries to Scotland ⓘ
knownAs Saint David ⓘ
surface form: Saint David (in some later tradition)
legacy often credited with the "Davidian Revolution" in Scotland ⓘ
mother Margaret of Wessex ⓘ
notableFor ecclesiastical reform in Scotland ⓘ
founding numerous monasteries ⓘ
introduction of feudal institutions in Scotland ⓘ
reshaping medieval Scottish society ⓘ
participatedIn The Anarchy (English civil war) ⓘ
patronOf reformed monastic orders ⓘ
positionHeld King of Scots ⓘ
Prince of the Cumbrians ⓘ
predecessor Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ
promoted burghs as urban centers ⓘ
regnalNumber I ⓘ
reignEnd 24 May 1153 ⓘ
reignStart 23 April 1124 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ
Edgar, King of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Edgar of Scotland

Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland) ⓘ
surface form: Matilda of Scotland
spouse Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ⓘ
successor Malcolm IV of Scotland ⓘ
title Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Rí Alban (King of Alba)

Referenced by (22)

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

Edinburgh Castle → associatedWith → David I of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: King David I of Scotland
Earl of Fife → associatedWithMonarch → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Dunfermline Abbey → burialPlaceOf → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Malcolm III of Scotland → child → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Margaret of Wessex → child → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Queen Margaret of Scotland → child → David I of Scotland ⓘ
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated) → child → David I of Scotland ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland
Alexander I of Scotland → coRuledTerritoryWith → David I of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: David I of Scotland as Prince of the Cumbrians
Melrose Abbey → foundedBy → David I of Scotland ⓘ
David I of Scotland → fullName → David I of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: David I
King of Scots → notableHolder → David I of Scotland ⓘ
House of Dunkeld → notableMember → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Edmund of Scotland → opposedBy → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Alexander I of Scotland → sibling → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Edgar, King of Scotland → sibling → David I of Scotland ⓘ
subject surface form: Edith of Scotland
Edmund of Scotland → sibling → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld → sibling → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne → sibling → David I of Scotland ⓘ
Alexander I of Scotland → successor → David I of Scotland ⓘ