Envoy Extraordinary (For King Alexander III)

(Possibly Alexander III's Seal)

Envoy Extraordinary, by Nigel Tranter:

Alexander II of Scotland had just died and his young son Alexander III had been crowned king and was in need of a regent. 

*Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, was the "envoy extraordinary" for Alexander III.  Below is a brief biography of the earl:

Source

*Wikitree entry lists Cecilia Fraser as the sixth earl's wife; the historical novel, Envoy Extraordinary, and the above source names his wife as Christian Bruce.

Alexander III wed Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.  Alexander was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, and all of his children. Daughter Margaret died in childbirth; the child, Margrete, was Alexander's only surviving heir in his lifetime.  King Alexander died suddenly (shortly after he was remarried to Yolande de Dreux), so his granddaughter, the young Margrete (Margaret, Maid of Norway), traveled from her Norwegian home to Scotland.  She was Scotland's first queen regnant, though she died Orkney, after her ship was blown off course, in the arms of the welcoming Bishop. 

King Alexander III left no heirs, which was a problem for Scotland.