David I: The King Who Made Scotland

Considered to be one of the greatest of Scotland's medieval kings, David I—the youngest son of King Malcolm III and St. Margaret—was never expected to succeed to the throne. During the reigns of his elder brothers, David carved out a career for himself as an Anglo-Norman nobleman at the court of his brother-in-law, Henry I of England. With Henry's backing and the support of his elder sister, Queen Matilda, David secured a good marriage and a rich inheritance, with estates spread from Norman...