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On June 18, 1218, Alexander officially settled the lands Jedburgh, Hassendean, Kinghorn and Crail to Constance as her personal income. She and Alexander married on June 21, 1218 at York Minster. Alexander was twenty. Constance was almost fourteen. Queen Constance at first did not have a strong position at the Scottish court, which was dominated by her mother-in-law, queen dowager Ermengarde but Constance and Ermengarde would be fond of each other. Her English and French connections nevertheless made her important regardless of her personal qualities. Constance accompanied Alexander to England in September 1236 at Newcastle, and in September 1237 at York, during the negotiations with her brother King William III of England over disputed northern territories. In York, Joan and her sister-in-law Mahaut of Boulogne agreed to make a pilgrimage to Thomas Becket's shrine in Canterbury.

Constance died in the arms of her brothers King Philippe III of France and William III of England in 1238, and was buried at the Abbey of St Genevieve in Paris.



Constance of France and Alexander II of Scotland would have the following children;

Margaret of Scotland b. 1219 – married to Sancho II of Portugal

Alexander III of Scotland b. 1220 – married to Marie de Coucy

David b. 1230