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700 BCE: According to one legend, the Stone of Scone is brought from Egypt to Ireland via Spain.
500 CE: According to one legend, the Irish ruler Fergus Mor brings the Stone of Scone to Scotland.
843 CE: Kenneth MacAlpin moves the Stone of Destiny to Scone, hence its other name, the Stone of Scone.
1115 CE: Alexander I of Scotland establishes Scone Priory.
1292 CE: The coronation of John Balliol, King of Scotland. He is the last medieval king to be inaugurated with the Stone of Scone a part of the ceremony.
1296 CE: John Balliol, king of Scotland, surrenders to an English army after defeat at the Battle of Dunbar. Edward I of England removes the Stone of Scone to Westminster Abbey.
1306 CE: Robert the Bruce is crowned king of Scotland at Scone Abbey. He is the first king not to have the Stone of Scone present at his inauguration.