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| 1173 | William I the Lion |  |
| Agrees an alliance with Louis VII |
| 1237 | Alexander II | |
| Fixes the border between England & Scotland |
| 1286 | Frasier, William | |
| Gascony Visits Edward I & suggests Margaret Maid of Norway should marry Edward of Carnarvon |
| 1295 | Balliol | |
| Edward I demands payment from the Scots to finance war with France |
| Scotland makes an alliance with France |
| 1304 | Comyn, John | |
| Makes a reconcilliation with Edward I |
| 1308 | Robert I the Bruce | |
| Robert receives recognition from Philip IV of France |
| 1323 | Robert I the Bruce | |
| A treay of mutual assistance is negotiated between Scotland & France |
| Pope John recognizes Robert King of Scotland but does not lift the excommunication |
| 1327 | Robert I the Bruce | |
| Robert's son & heir David marries Edward III's sister Joan in Berwick |
| The English Parliament recognizes Robert as King of Scotland |
| The excommunication ban against Robert I the Bruce is lifted |
| 1335 | Murray, Andrew | |
| Murray negotiates a truce with Edward until April 1336, during which time, various French and Papal emissaries attempt to negotiate a peace between the two countries |
| 1336 | Murray, Andrew | |
| Jan The Scots draw up a draft treaty agreeing to recognise the elderly and childless Edward Balliol as King, so long as David II would be his heir, however, David II rejects it |
| 1412 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Edinburgh Forms a personal alliance with John the Fearless, Duke of Albany |
| 1508 | James IV | |
| 2nd April Refuses to negotiate a treaty of friendship until Arran & Hamilton are released |
| 2nd April Visited by Wolsey |
| 1513 | James IV | |
| Louis XII asks Scotland to join France & invade England |
| 1536 | James V | |
| Paris Asks to marry Francis I's daughter Madeleine, the French King agrees |
| Paris Attends a marriage service of the daughter of Vendome but finds her too unattractive |
| Paris Visits France where Francis I offers Marie de Vendome as a bride |
| 1543 | Hamilton, James | |
| Becomes a Catholic and joins the pro-French faction, consenting to the marriage of the Queen to the French Dauphin, later Francis II |
| 1560 | Hepburn, James | |
| Paris Meets Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1562 | Mary of Scots | |
| The Papal Nuncio is asked to leave Scotland |
| 1563 | Mary of Scots | |
| Queen Elizabeth proposes that Mary marry Robert Dudley but she refuses |
| 1565 | Mary of Scots | |
| Edinburgh Asks Elizabeth to recognize her succession, she agrees |
| Requests 10,000 men & financial support from the Pope, he agrees |
| Urges the Spanish King to send military aid |
| 16th Mar Receives news from Elizabeth she will only be her heir if she marries Leicester |
| 22nd Sep Learns France will not support her against Murray |
| 1566 | Mary of Scots | |
| Edinburgh A Papal Nuncio is despatched with 150,000 crowns to help Mary combat heretics |
| Edinburgh Mary refuses to receive the Papal Nuncio because of unrest |
| 1567 | Mary of Scots | |
| Hamilton Seeks aid from Elizabeth I & France, Elizabeth agrees if France does not intervene |
| 1583 | James VI | |
| Befriends his mother's captor Elizabeth I |
