Haakon IV

Dr John Henderson at the monument to the Battle of Largs Haakon IV of Norway and Alexander II of Scotland were born within a few years of each other and came to the throne around the same time.

On the other hand, Haakon IV., king of Norway, at once to restrain the independence of his jarls and to keep in check the ambition of the Scottish kings, set sail in 1263 on a great expedition, which, however, ended disastrously at Largs.