House of Dunkeld

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Scottish royal dynasty medieval dynasty

The House of Dunkeld was a medieval Scottish royal dynasty that ruled Scotland from the 11th to the late 13th century, overseeing significant consolidation of the kingdom and early state formation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Scottish royal house of Dunkeld 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish royal dynasty ⓘ
medieval dynasty ⓘ
capital Dunfermline ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ
Scone ⓘ
coatOfArms red lion rampant on yellow field (later associated with dynasty) ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dynasticConnection House of Wessex ⓘ
Norman nobility ⓘ
endTime 1286 ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
firstRuler Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
followedBy House of Balliol ⓘ
House of Bruce ⓘ
founder Crínán of Dunkeld ⓘ
Duncan I of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Donnchad I of Scotland
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalRole early state formation in Scotland ⓘ
integration of Gaelic and Anglo-Norman elites ⓘ
languageOfDynasty Latin ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
lastRuler Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter Dunkeld ⓘ
notableMember Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ
Alexander II of Scotland ⓘ
Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ
David I of Scotland ⓘ
Donald III of Scotland ⓘ
Edgar, King of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Edgar of Scotland

Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
Malcolm IV of Scotland ⓘ
William I of Scotland ⓘ
precededBy House of Alpin ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent Normanisation of Scottish court ⓘ
consolidation of Scottish royal authority ⓘ
development of Scottish parliament origins ⓘ
expansion of Scottish royal demesne ⓘ
feudalisation of Scotland ⓘ
foundation of burghs in Scotland ⓘ
startTime 1058 ⓘ
successorStateDevelopment centralised Scottish kingdom ⓘ
territory Scotland ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Dunkeld dynasty → alsoKnownAs → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Ingibiorg Finnsdottir → associatedDynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish royal house of Dunkeld
Prince of Scotland → associatedWithDynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Queen of Scots → associatedWithDynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Alexander the Fierce → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander I of Scotland
David I of Scotland → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Duncan II of Scotland → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Edmund of Scotland → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
King of Scots → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Malcolm III of Scotland → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
William I of Scotland → dynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
House of Alpin → followedBy → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland → hasRoyalHouse → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Alexander I of Scotland → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Alexander II of Scotland → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Alexander III of Scotland → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Alexander III → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander III of Scotland
Donald III of Scotland → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Edgar, King of Scotland → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Malcolm IV of Scotland → house → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Malcolm III of Scotland → houseFounded → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Earl of Huntingdon → linkedToDynasty → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Alexander II of Scotland → nobleFamily → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Duncan I of Scotland → nobleFamily → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Duncan II of Scotland → nobleFamily → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Edith of Scotland
Edmund of Scotland → nobleFamily → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld → nobleFamily → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Edmund of Scotland → royalHouse → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
William I of Scotland → royalHouse → House of Dunkeld ⓘ
Ermengarde de Beaumont → spouseHouse → House of Dunkeld ⓘ