During Alexander III's long minority the Comyn and Durward factions continued to contest control of the kingdom. In 1258 the young king himself began to assert independence from both factions at a council meeting at Stirling. The episode marked the beginning of Alexander's personal rule, though he was still only a teenager. The political confrontations of the minority shaped Alexander's later style of kingship -- he worked consistently to balance the great magnates against each other rather than allow any single faction to dominate.
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