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Spouses/Children:
1. Ermengarde DE BEAUMONT
- Margaret DE HUNTINGDON
- Isabel DE HUNTINGDON
- Alexander II "the Peaceful" DE HUNTINGDON, King of the Scots
- Marjory DE HUNTINGDON
0. [Isabel] AVENELL, Mistress
0. Unknown 2nd Mistress
0. Unknown DE HYTHUS, Mistress
0. Unknown Mistresses
- Aufrica FITZ WILLIAM
- Robert DE LUNDON
- Henry GALITHLY
- Marjory FITZ WILLIAM
- Christine FITZ WILLIAM
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William DE HUNTINGDON, "The Lion", King of Scotland
- Born: 1143
- Married (1): 5 Sep 1186, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
- Died: 4 Dec 1214, Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Buried: 10 Dec 1214, Abbey of Arbroath, Arbroath, Angusshire, Scotland
 Research Notes:
Robert of Torigny names "nepotes quos Henricus filius eius" Malcolm and William as successors of "David rex Scotiæ". The Chronicle of Melrose records the birth of "William king of Scotland" in 1143. William of Newburgh names "fratri eius [Malcolmum filii primogenitum] Wilelmo" when recording his succession as Earl of Northumberland on the death of his father.
He succeeded his father in 1152 as Earl of Northumberland, his older brother surrendering the earldom in 1157 on his behalf. He succeeded his brother in 1165 as WILLIAM I “the Lion” King of Scotland, and as Earl of Huntingdon. Although Henry II King of England recognised his succession to the earldom of Huntingdon, he refused to grant William the earldom of Northumberland. King William made unsuccessful attempts to regain Northumberland, including joining forces with King Henry's son Henry for an unsuccessful invasion which ended with his defeat and capture at Alnwick 12 Jul 1174, and the confiscation of the earldom of Huntingdon. King Henry re-granted Huntingdon to him in 1185, but King William immediately resigned it in favour of his brother David. In 1189, he contributed £10,000 to Richard I King of England in answer to an appeal for funds to finance the crusade to relieve Jerusalem, in return for release from his allegiance to the English crown and the restoration of the towns of Berwick and Roxburgh.
Betrothed (1184) to Mathilde [née Richenza] von Sachsen, Heinrich "der Löwe" ex-Duke of Saxony and Bavaria & his second wife Matilda of England. Benedict of Peterborough records the betrothal of "Willelmus rex Scotiæ" and "Matildem filiam Matildis ducissa Saxoniæ". This betrothal was not pursued as the Pope refused a dispensation for the marriage on grounds of consanguinity.
The Chronicle of the Picts and Scots dated 1251 records that "Willielmus" died aged 52 "in Stirlin", and was buried "in Aberbrothock". 1
Marriage Information:
William married Ermengarde DE BEAUMONT, daughter of Vcte Richard I DE BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE et du Maine and Lucie DE L'AIGLE, on 5 Sep 1186 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. (Ermengarde DE BEAUMONT was born about 1172 in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe(le-Vicomte), Sarthe, Maine/Pays-de-la-Loire, France and died on 4 Feb 1233.)
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