Alexander II was preparing a major naval expedition to wrest the Western Isles from Norwegian sovereignty when he died of fever on the island of Kerrera near Oban in July 1249. He had assembled a substantial fleet and army. His death was a dramatic setback -- the islands would not be acquired until his son Alexander III's reign, following the Battle of Largs in 1263 and the Treaty of Perth in 1266. The spot on Kerrera where he died is still marked.
Alexander II died of fever
Scottish naval expedition c.3,000–5,000; campaign abandoned on king's death.
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