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out much bloodſhed; and in 1241 it was agreed, that Alexander’s infant ſon ſhould marry the daughter of Henry.
Alexander, in the midſt of his preparations to ſubdue the Ebrides, was ſeized by a fever and died much lamented, in the 51ſt year of his age, and 35th of his glorious reign.
He was certainly a ſpirited and wealthy Prince, and appears by his juſtice, piety, addreſs and good nature, to have been greatly beloved, not only by his own ſubjects, but by thoſ of England. He was ſucceeded by his ſon.
