From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article titled "David II:"

"king of Scots from 1329, although he spent 18 years in exile or in prison. His reign was marked by costly intermittent warfare with England (a stage in the Scottish Wars of Independence), a decline in the prestige of the monarchy, and an increase in the power of the barons.

"On July 17, 1328, in accordance with the Anglo-Scottish peace treaty of Northampton, the four-year-old David was married to Joanna, sister of King Edward III of England. The boy succeeded his father, Robert I the Bruce, as king of Scots on June 7, 1329. A rival claimant to the Scottish throne, Edward de Balliol, a vassal of Edward III, became de facto king after Edward's victory over Sir Archibald Douglas, regent since 1332, at Halidon Hill, Northumberland (July 19, 1333). In 1334 David went into exile in France,
where he was maintained generously by King Philip VI. In 1339 and 1340 he fought in Philip's fruitless campaigns against Edward III. By 1341 he was able to return to Scotland, but he did little as king except to make futile raids into England. During the French siege of English-held Calais he attempted a diversion on behalf of Philip VI but was defeated, wounded, and captured at Neville's Cross, County Durham (Oct. 17, 1346).

"Held prisoner by the English, David was released in 1357 in return for a promised ransom that proved to be more than the Scottish government could pay. In 1363 David, now on cordial terms with Edward III, proposed that a son of the English king should succeed to the throne of Scotland in return for the cancellation of the ransom. The arrangement, which made an enemy of his nephew and lawful successor, the future Robert II, was repudiated by the Scottish Parliament. In his last years David inspired further opposition by his financial extravagance."

• Married: 17 JUL 1328 in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England ³

• Married: 20 FEB 1364 ⁴
• Divorced: ABT 20 MAR 1369 ⁵

1. Author: David Faris
   Title: "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth Century Colonists", 1st Edition
   Publication: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1996;
   Repository:
   Name: Oconee, Georgia, County Library
   
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   Page: p. 229
2. Title: Encyclopedia Brittanica Online
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   Page: Article titled "David II"
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4. Title: Leo van de Pas: Genealogics Website
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5. Author: Douglas Richardson
   Title: "Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", 2nd Edition
   Publication: Date: 2011;
   Page: Vol 3, p. 531