The charts that are presented on this page are derived from a treatise titled: The Geneologie Of All The Kings Of Scotland by George Buchanan, the author of the History Of Scotland and An Appendix To The History Of Scotland, in which the aforesaid treatise on genealogy was included.

   No attempt is made to argue for or against this genealogy's accuracy. It is presented here for its own sake, and should be compared to other genealogies by the serious researcher.

   Only a very few annotations have been included, such as the inclusion of siblings from whom kings may not have descended (e.g. the family of Kenneth Mac Alpin). The purpose of such annotations is simply to show the relationships of all of the siblings, whether or not their offspring succeeded to the kingship.

   Note: The down-arrow points to the first child of the next generation directly below an individual, additional siblings then stretch out to the right of the first child until the next down-arrow is encountered.

The Descendants Of Ferquhard

Ferquhard (a Prince of Ireland)

1st King Fergus 330BC - 305BC

2nd King Fertharis 305BC - 290BC

Ferlegus

3rd King Mainus 290BC - 262BC

4th King Dornadilla 262BC - 233BC

5th King Nothatus 233BC - 213BC

6th King Reutherus 213BC - 187BC

7th King Reutha 187BC - 173BC

8th King Thereus 173BC - 161BC

9th King Josina 161BC - 137BC

10th King Finnanus 137BC - 107BC

Donallus

11th King Durstus 107BC - 98BC

12th King Evenus I 98BC - 79BC

14th King Evenus II 77BC - 60BC

Dochamus

13th King Gillus 79BC - 77BC

15th King Ederus 60BC - 12BC

(daughter)

16th King Evenus III 12BC - 5BC

17th King Metellanus 5BC - 35AD

(daughter) Eropeia, married to Cadallmus

18th King Caractacus 35 - 55

19th King Corbredus I 55 - 72

20th King Dardannus 72 - 76

21st King Corbredus II 'Galdus' 76 - 110

(daughter)

22nd King Lugthacus 110 - 113

23rd King Mogallus 113 - 149

(daughter)

24th King Conarus 149 - 163

25th King Ethodius I 163 - 195

26th King Satraell 195 - 199

27th King Donald I 199 - 216

28th King Ethodius II 216 - 231

29th King Athirco 231 - 242

(son)

31st King Findocus 253 - 264

32nd King Donald II 264 - 265

33rd King Donald III 265 - 277

(son)

30th King Nathalocus 242 - 253

34th King Crathilinthus 277 - 301

(son)

(son)

(son)

35th King Fincormachus 301 - 348

36th King Romachus 348 - 351

37th King Angusianus 351 - 354

38th King Fethelmachus 354 - 357

39th King Eugenius I 357 - 360

The Scots Of Dal Riata

   Eugenius I, son of Fincormachus, was a valiant and just King. According to the "Appendix To The History Of Scotland": "He was slain in battel by the Picts and Romans in the 3d year of his reign, and the whole Scotish nation was utterly expelled the Ile by the Picts and Romans, and remained in exile about the space of 44 years."

   Then: "Fergus the Second, Erthus son’s son to Ethodius, Eugenius the first his brother, returning into Scotland, with the help of the Danes and Gothes, and his own countrymen, who were gathered to him out of all countries where they were dispersed, conquered his kingdom of Scotland again out of the Romans and Picts hands."

   The Irish born son of Erc, Fergus II, included by Buchanan in this genealogy, would correspond to the Fergus Mor Mac Erc included in most other genealogies of the Kings of Scotland.

40th King Fergus II 404 - 420
41st King Eugenius II 420 - 452	42nd King Dongardus 452 - 457	43rd King Constantine I 457 - 479
	44th King Congallus I 479 - 501			45th King Goranus (Conramus) 501 - 535
	46th King Eugenius III 535 - 558	47th King Congallus II 558 - 569	48th King Kinnatillas 569 - 570	49th King Aidanus 570 - 605
		50th King Kenethus I Kier 605 - 606		51st King Eugenius IV 606 - 621
				52nd King Ferquhard I (Ferchard I) 621 - 632	53rd King Donald IV 632 - 646	54th King Ferquhard II (Ferchard II) 646 - 664	56th King Eugenius V 684 - 688
					55th King Malduin 664 - 684	57th King Eugenius VI 688 - 697	Findanus
							58th King Ambirkelethus 697 - 699	59th King Eugenius VII 699 - 715
							60th King Mordacus 715 - 730	61st King Etfinus 730 - 761		(son)
							62nd King Eugenius VIII 761 - 764	63rd King Fergus III 764 - 767	65th King Achaius 787 - 819	66th King Congallus (Convallus) 819 - 824
							64th King Solvathius 767 - 787		68th King Alpinus 831 - 834
							67th King Dongallus 824 - 831

The House Of Alpin

   Kenneth Mac Alpin is generally given the credit of uniting the Picts and Scots into one nation: Scotland. For that reason, Kenneth is also generally acknowledged to have been the actual first king of Scotland. According to the "Appendix To The History Of Scotland": "Kenneth the second, surnamed the Great, succeeded to his father Alpinus, in the year of the world, 4804. In the year of Christ, 834. A good and valiant Prince. He utterly overthrew the Picts in divers battels, expelled them out of the land, and joined the kingdom of the Picts to the crown of Scotland."

   In 843, Kenneth was crowned king at Scone, upon Moot Hill, a sacred place revered by the Picts, the Celtic tribe from which his mother descended. The new kingdom of the united Scots and Picts was proclaimed as Scotia, but was more commonly known as Alba.

   The numbering of the kings, as devised by Buchanan, will continue in this listing with Kenneth Mac Alpin as the 69th King, despite the fact that he is often considered to actually have been the 1^st true Scottish King.

Alpin
69th King Kenneth II (The Great) 834 - 854					70th King Donald V 854 - 859
71st King Constantine II 859 - 874	72nd King Ethus (Alipes) 874 - 876	(daughter) m Olaf the White King of Dublin	(daughter) m Aed King of Ireland	(daughter) m Rum King of Strathclyde	73rd King (joint) (Gregory (The Great) 876 - 893
74th King Donald VI 893 - 904	75th King Constantine III 904 - 943	Donald King of Strathclyde		73rd King (joint) Eochaid 876 - 893
76th King Malcolm I 943 - 952	Cellach	(daughter) m Olaf King of York		77th King Indulfus 952 - 961
78th King Duffus 961 - 966		80th King Kenneth III 970 - 994		Olaf	Eochaid	79th King Culenus 966 - 970
82nd King Grimus 996 - 1004	Malcolm King of Strathclyde	Dungal			83rd King Malcolme II 1004 - 1034	81st King Constantine IV (Calvus) 994 - 996	Malcolm
Gillacomean	Givic	Bodhe			Beatrix (Bethoc) m Crinan, Abbot of Dunkeld		Donada mSigurd the Stout, Earl of Orkney	(daughter) m Findlaech, Mormaer of Moray
		(son)	Gruoch m 1st Gillacomean m 2nd Macbeth		84th King Duncane I 1034 - 1040	Maldred	Thorfin	85th King Macbeth 1040 - 1057
			Lulach 1057-1058		86th King Malcolme III (Cammoir) 1057 - 1093	87th King Donal VII (Bane) 1093 - 1094 & (joint with Edmund) 1095 - 1097

The House Of Dunkeld

   The House of Dunkeld commenced as the ruling family of Scotland with the marriage of Beatrix, or Bethoc, a daughter of Malcolm II, to Crinan, the lay Abbot of Dunkeld. The marriage of Malcolm III (son of Duncan I and Sibylla of Northumbria), to Ingibiorg, and then to Margaret, daughter of Edward the Outlaw (and granddaughter of Edward Ironside, King of England) resulted in a line of Kings of Scotland who ruled from 1058 to 1290. Ingibiorg bore Malcolm four children, of whom one ruled as king. Margaret bore Malcolm eight children, of whom four ruled as king. Malcolm II was commonly known as Caenn Mor (i.e. Big Head).

Malcolm III

Malcolm

88th King Duncane II 1094 - 1095

Donald

(daughter)

Matilda m Henry I King of England

Mary

Edward

89th King Edgar 1098 - 1107

87th King Edmund (joint with Donald Bane) 1094 - 1097

Etheldred

90th King Alexander I (Fearce) 1107 - 1124

91st King David I 1124 - 1153

Malcolm

Claricia

Henry

Hodierna

92nd King Malcolme IV (The Maiden) 1153 - 1165

93rd King William I (the Lion) 1165 - 1214

David (see below - Houses of Balliol & Bruce)

Ada

Matilda

94th King Alexander II 1214 - 1249

Margaret

Isabel

Marjorie

95th King Alexander III 1249 - 1285

Alexander

David

Margaret m Eric II King of Norway

Margaret 1285 - 1290

The House Of Balliol & Bruce

   As noted in the foregoing chart, Buchanan did not acknowledge Margaret as a monarch of Scotland; she was a ruler nontheless. For two years following the death of Queen Margaret (1290 - 1292) no monarch ruled Scotland. That period is known as the Interregnum.

   The "Appendix To The History Of Scotland" denies the succession of Margaret to the throne of Scotland. According to that genealogy: "After the death of Alexander the third, which was in the year of the World, 5255, in the year of Christ, 1285, there were six Regents appointed to rule Scotland: For the South-side of Forth were appointed Robert the Archbishop of Glasgow, John Cummin, and John the Great Steward of Scotland: For the North-side of Forth, Mak-duffe Earl of Fife, John Cummin Earl of Buchan, and William Fraser Archbishop of St. Andrews, who ruled the Land about the space of seven years, until the controversy was decided betwixt John Balliol and Robert Bruyse, grandfather to Robert Bruyse the King of Scotland, who did come of the two eldest daughters of David Earl of Huntingdon; for Henry Hastings, who married the youngest daughter, put not in his suit or claim with the rest, and therefore there is little spoken of him." "John Balliol was preferred before Robert Bruyse to be King of Scotland, by Edward the 1st, surnamed Longshanks, King of England, who was chosen to be the Judge of the controversy; which preferment was upon a condition, that John Balliol should acknowledge King Edward the 1st as superior; which condition, like an unworthy man, he received."

David (Grandson of David I)

John

Henry

Margaret m Alan of Galloway

Isabel m Robert Bruce

Robert

Ada

Matilda

Devorguilla m John Balliol

Robert

96th King John Balliol 1293 - 1306

Robert Earl of Carrick

99th King Edward Balliol 1332 - 1371

97th King Robert Bruyse 1306 - 1330

98th King David II 1330 - 1332

John

Matilda

Margaret

Marjory m Walter the Steward

100th King Robert II (Bleare-eye) 1371 - 1390

David Earl of Strathern

Walter Earl of Athol

Alexander Earle of Buchan, Lord Badzenoth

101st King Robert III (John Farnezeir) 1390 - 1406

Robert Earl of Fife and Monteith

Euseme

David

102nd King James I 1424 - 1437

Murdo Steward 1420 - 1424

The House Of Stuart

   The House of Stuart began with the union of Marjory, daughter of Robert Bruce, and Walter 'the Steward'. According to the "Appendix To The History Of Scotland": "Robert Bruyse began to reign in the year of the World, 5276, in the year of Christ 1306, a valiant, good and wise King. In the beginning of his reign, he was subject to great misery and affliction, being oppressed by England; but at length, having overcome and vanquished Edward the 2d, King of England, commonly called Edward of Carnarvon, at the field of Bannock-burne, he delivered Scotland from the wars of England, and set it at full liberty, all Englishmen by force being expelled from the Land. He married first Isabel, daughter to the Earl of Mar, who bare unto him Marjory, the wife of Walter, the Great Steward of Scotland; from whom, and the offspring of the Stewards, the King now ruling is descended."

   The genealogy presented in the book, "An Appendeix To The History Of Scotland" ended with James VI. Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I, King James VI succeeded to the Crown of England as King James I.

James I
103rd King James II 1437 - 1460	Margaret	Elizabeth	Jeane	Eleanor	Mary	Anabella
104th King James III 1469 - 1489	John Earl of Mar	Alexander Duke of Albany	Mary
105th King James IV 1489 - 1514
106th King James V 1514 - 1543
(son)	(son)	107th Monarch Mary 1543 - 1567
		108th King James VI (James I of England) 1567 - 1589