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66:, while keen for his daughter to take up her right in Scotland, had been concerned for her safety given the political instability in Scotland. Edward I was able to broker her transfer from Norway, assuaging Eric's fears with his own personal guarantees for the infant girl's safety and also settling the matter of the outstanding dowry payments which Alexander III still owed to Eric for the marriage of his daughter, also named 97:
on 28 August 1290. Under the condition that Margaret would marry Edward's son, Scotland was to remain "separate and divided from England according to its rightful boundaries, free in itself and without subjection." The treaty specified that even though a wife's possessions should become her husband's
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The treaty proved ineffectual, both because Margaret died en route to Scotland in 1290, and because English negotiators had included enough reservations to render the independence clauses useless. In 1291 Edward summoned the
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would secure the transport of the Maid of Norway from her homeland to Edward's own custody until Scotland was made safe for her to take up her right as queen. The Maid's father,
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were to be made separate, that the owner of lands in Scotland shall not have them disinherited. It made sure that the
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and styled himself overlord of Scotland ('Lord Paramount of Scotland') and challenged claimants to the
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upon marriage, in this case it would not. It stated upon Margaret and Edward's marriage that the
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were to remain separate and not be held outside of their respective country.
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edited by Ian Donnachie and George Hewitt (HarperCollins, 2001,
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as a condition of his agreeing to arbitrate the various claims.
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in November 1289 and relates to the arrangements by which
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1289 and 1290 treaties between England and Scotland
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treaties
independence
Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland
Margaret, Maid of Norway
Guardians of Scotland
Salisbury
Edward I of England
Eric II of Norway
Margaret
competing claims for the Crown of Scotland
House of Balliol
House of Bruce
Birgham
Berwickshire
Northampton
Church of Scotland
Church of England
Parliament of England
Parliament of Scotland
Scottish nobles
Norham-on-Tweed
Scottish throne
feudal superior
"Margaret: Manuscript - 1290, 14 March, Birgham - Parliamentary Records - Letters: confirmation of the treaty of Salisbury"
Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707
University of St Andrews


"The Scottish Wars of Independence", Foghlam Alba

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