1. Scottish Wars of
Independence
Scotland’s fight for
independence from England
Major characters include William
Wallace and Robert the Bruce
‘Scotland’ formed in 1034,
although the northern and
western islands were controlled
by the Norsemen
2. King Alexander
III of Scotland
Who was King Alexander III?
Why was King Alexander III an
important king?
Why was the 13th century called
a Golden Age for Scotland?
What happened to Alexander
on 18th March 1286?
3. In the 13th century, Scotland
had strong powerful kings
Why do you think it was
important that Scotland had
powerful and strong kings?
Scotland prospered under
Alexander III
He was nicknamed
“Alexander the Glorious”
His reign known as “The
Golden Age”
4. Alexander III fought at the
Battle of Largs (1268)
against the Norsemen
The Norwegian king Haakon
sailed to Scotland to fight
Alexander and the Scots
Alexander managed to delay
Haakon until a huge storm hit
destroyed his longboats
By 1266, the only land Norway
kept were the Orkney and
Shetland Isles
Alexander became allies with
the Norwegians and proved he
was a strong king of Scotland
5. Alexander controlled
powerful nobles and
dealt fairly with his
subjects
Peasants lived
without fear of
invasion or theft of
their land, homes
crops or animals
Trade grew and towns
prospered
6. Scotland had strong
links with her
neighbouring countries
Norway and England
Scotland
England
Norway’s King Eric married
Alexander’s daughter Margaret
Alexander was married to the
sister of King Edward I of
England
Why do you think it was important
that Scotland kept on good terms
with England and Norway?
7. Scotland had strong
links with her
neighbouring countries
Norway and England
Scotland
England
Norway’s King Eric married
Alexander’s daughter Margaret
Alexander was married to the
sister of King Edward I of
England
Why do you think it was important
that Scotland kept on good terms
with England and Norway?
