Alexander, King of Scots
historical figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 12 anchored passages
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in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Alexander, later Alexander II, King of Scots and son of William the Lion, whose treatment by King John is the subject of a chapter of Magna Carta.
and Alexander invaded England in order to push his claims.
John was forced to promise to restore to the King of Scots his sisters and other hostages, together with his franchises and his “right.
and similarly those who had a right to sit in judgment as Alexander’s peers over his claims to English fiefs were the English earls and barons.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
King of Scots named in a Magna Carta provision concerning restitution of his sisters, hostages, and rights.
“We shall treat with Alexander, king of Scots, concerning the restoring of his sisters, and hostages, and rights and liberties, in the same form and manner as we shall do to the rest of our barons of England;