8h 47min, dec 4, 1214 y - Alexander II
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He attempted to persuade Ewen, the son of Duncan, Lord of Argyll, to sever his allegiance to Haakon IV of Norway. When Ewen rejected these attempts, Alexander sailed forth to compel him, but on the way he suffered a fever at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides.He died there in 1249 and was buried at Melrose Abbey.
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