#90 King Alexander II of Scotland Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/26/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The Kings Power Trail was created because there were no caches on the King Vaughan Line. As we drive it almost every day, we noticed that there were so many potential cool hiding spots. The brothers had lots of fun putting the trail together. Hope you have as much fun as we did.

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Alexander (Alaxandair mac Uilliam) was the son of William The Lion. He sort to win back Scottish independence and laid claim to Cumbria and Northumberland in Northern England. He enraged King John of England who sort to smoke out ‘the little fox cub from his den’ (referring to his red hair) by burning Berwick.

Alexander encouraged Prince Louis of France claimant to the English throne to land in England. However when John died in 1216, Louis returned home and Alexander was forced to make peace with Henry III signing a peace treaty in 1217. Alexander’s expansion into England was abandoned and he cemented his ties with England by marrying Joan daughter of King John in return for some of the dowry that had been paid by his father.

He suppressed insurrection in Moray, Galloway gradually extending the power of the crown by expanding trade and wealth. The Western Isles were still under Norse control, but leading an expedition there in 1249 Alexander died of a fever on the island of Kerrera in Oban bay.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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