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House of Atholl
Monarch Born Born where Ruled Died Died where Buried Lineage Portrait
Duncan I
1		 c. 1000 n/a 1034-1040 1040 Pitgaveny,
Morayshire
Killed in battle by Macbeth		 Iona,
Argyllshire 		Grandson of
Malcolm II		 n/a

See House of Alpin

 1040-1058 1
Malcolm III,
Canmore
2		 c. 1031 n/a 1058-1093 1093

Alnwick,
Northumberland,
England
Killed in battle

 Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife		 Son of
Duncan I		 n/a
Donald III,
Bane
3		 1033 n/a 1093-1094 1099 Rescobie,
Angus 		Iona,
Argyllshire		 Son of
Duncan I		 n/a
Duncan II c. 1060 n/a May-Nov
1094		 1094 Mondynes,
Kincardineshire
Killed at the Battle of Monthechin		 Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife 		Son of
Malcolm III		 n/a
Donald III,
Bane
Ruled again

See above

 1094-1097 See above
Edgar c. 1074 n/a 1097-1107 1107 Edinburgh Castle,
Edinburgh		 Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife 		Son of
Malcolm III		 n/a
Alexander I c. 1077 n/a 1107-1124 1124 Stirling Castle,
Stirlingshire
Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife 		Son of
Malcolm III		 n/a
David I c. 1080 n/a 1124-1153 1153 Carlisle,
Cumberland,
England		 Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife		 Son of
Malcolm III		 n/a
Malcolm IV,
the Maiden		 1142 n/a 1153-1165 1165 Jedburgh,
Roxburghshire		 Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife		 Grandson of
David I		 n/a
William I,
the Lion		 1143 n/a 1165-1214 1214 Stirling Castle,
Stirlingshire 		Arbroath Abbey,
Angus		 Grandson of
David I		 n/a
Alexander II 1198 Haddington,
East Lothian		 1214-1249 1249 Kerrera,
Argyllshire		 Melrose Abbey,
Roxburghshire		 Son of
William I		 n/a
Alexander III 1241 Roxburgh,
Roxburghshire		 1249-1286 1286 Kinghorn,
Fife
Killed in a riding accident		 Dunfermline Abbey,
Fife		 Son of
Alexander II		 n/a
Margaret,
Maid of Norway		 1283 Norway 1286-1290 1 South Ronaldsay,
Orkney
Died en route from Norway to Scotland		 Bergen,
Norway		 Granddaughter of
Alexander III		 n/a

Interregnum
4

 1290-1292 1

Notes
1. Legend has it that Duncan I was not killed in battle but murdered by Macbeth at Glamis Castle in Angus.

2. Malcolm III, Canmore was originally buried at Tynemouth in England.

3. Donald III, Bane was originally buried at Dunkeld, Perthshire.

4. During the first interregnum there were 13 claimants to the Scottish throne. After the adjudication of Edward I of England the crown was handed to John de Balliol in preference to Robert de Bruce.

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