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| Name | William "the Lion" [1] | |
| Suffix | King of Scots | |
| Nickname | the Lion | |
| Birth | 1143 [2] | |
| Gender | Male | |
| AFN | 9FTG-5K | |
| Death | 4 Dec 1214 | Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland  [2] |
| Burial | 10 Dec 1214 | Arbroath, Angus, Scotland |
| Person ID | I2974 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database |
| Last Modified | 23 Aug 2013 | |
| Father | David I "the Saint", King of Scots, b. Abt 1080, of, , , Scotland d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England (Age 73 years) | |
| Relationship | Natural | |
| Mother | Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland, b. Cal 1072, of, , Huntingdonshire, England d. Abt 1130-1131 (Age 59 years) | |
| Relationship | Natural | |
| Family ID | F1445 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Father | Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland, b. 1114, of, , , Scotland d. 12 Jun 1152 (Age 38 years) | |
| Mother | Ada de Warenne, Countess of Huntingdon, b. Abt 1122, of, , Surrey, England d. 1178 (Age 56 years) | |
| Marriage | 1139 [3] | |
| Family ID | F1771 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | [Unknown] Avenal, b. Abt 1147 d. Yes, date unknown | |
| Marriage | Yes, date unknown | |
| Type: Not Married | ||
| Family ID | F1774 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 | [Unknown] de Hythas d. Yes, date unknown | |
| Marriage | Yes, date unknown | |
| Type: Not Married | ||
| Family ID | F9523 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Marriage | Yes, date unknown | |||||||||
| Type: Not Married | ||||||||||
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| Family ID | F9189 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Family 4 | Ermengard de Beaumont, Queen of Scotland, b. Abt 1165, of, Beaumont, Sarthe, France d. 11 Feb 1233 (Age 68 years) | |
| Marriage | 5 Sep 1186 | Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England [4] |
| Family ID | F1831 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Notes |  Notes (Log in) |
| Reference | Suzanne St. John. "William "the Lion", King of Scots". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I2974&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 25, 2025). |
| Sources |  Sources (Log in) |
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