↑ The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol. I (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904), pp. 1-2
↑ J. D. Mackie, A History of Scotland, Second Edition, ed. Bruce Lenman; Geoffrey Parker (London; New York: Penguin Books, 1978), pp. 32–33
1 2 J. D. Mackie, A History of Scotland, Second Edition, ed. Bruce Lenman; Geoffrey Parker (London; New York: Penguin Books, 1978), p 33
1 2 J. D. Mackie, A History of Scotland, Second Edition, ed. Bruce Lenman; Geoffrey Parker (London; New York: Penguin Books, 1978), p 34
1 2 Agnes Mure Mackenzie, The Foundations of Scotland (London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1938), p. 106
↑ Agnes Mure Mackenzie, The Foundations of Scotland (London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1938), p. 120
1 2 3 4 Israel Smith Clare, Library of Universal History, Vol. VII: Mediæval history (New York; Chicago: Union Book Co., 1906), p. 2362
1 2 3 4 5 Agnes Mure Mackenzie, The Foundations of Scotland (London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1938), p. 126
↑ J. D. Mackie, A History of Scotland, Second Edition, ed. Bruce Lenman; Geoffrey Parker (London; New York: Penguin Books, 1978), p 35
1 2 3 4 5 6 Agnes Mure Mackenzie, The Foundations of Scotland (London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1938), p. 129
1 2 3 Israel Smith Clare, Library of Universal History, Vol. VII: Mediæval history (New York; Chicago: Union Book Co., 1906), p. 2363
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol. I (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904), p. 2
↑ Scotland had an unusual system of selecting the next king. Instead of a dynasty (members of the same family succeeding one another) they alternated between different royal families. Kings were selected from a group called the ‘derbfine.’ Anyone whose father, grandfather or great-grandfather had been a king in Scotland was a member. The next king was selected based on his age, his accomplishments, and his character. The selected heir was called a tanist and became the next king.[2]
