In 1230 Alexander II of Scotland had the baby daughter of a rival killed by dashing her head against the Market Cross in Forfar, do we know how this was viewed? And how the murder of young children was viewed in general?

by WhiteOwlUp

Are there any contemporary chroniclers or later historians who comment on the event beyond merely reporting its occurrence?

Would this likely be seen as a horrific act to be condemned or just the ruthless punishment of a family of rebels and that by her father's treason the baby would be deemed fair game?

In addition would the public nature of it as opposed to a Princes in the Tower style "mysterious death" and the use of a cross to do it be likely to receive a strong religious backlash?

My only source for it occurring is Neil Oliver's History of Scotland tv series and he doesn't dwell much on it.

oshjoshbgosh4

I'm in the same boat. I came across this website, https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/alexanderii.html where they briefly mentioned it. but aside from that, I too can't find anything outside of Niel Oliver's documentary