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Margaret (Granddaughter of Edmund Ironside)

 Born  Born At
 DiedNovember 1093 Buried At
 FatherEdward (The Exile)  MotherAgatha (of Brunswick)
ister of Edgar the Aetheling and married to Malcolm III, King of Scotland. Edgar had rebelled against William the Conqueror and had been forced to find safety at the court of Malcolm III, King of the Scots. Margaret had accompanied Edgar to Scotland. Malcolm was happy to assist Edgar and other Lords in the attempts to take land back from the Normans. Margaret was deeply religious and founded many churches including Dunfermline Abbey. Certain miracles are supposed to have occurred during her lifetime and after her death she was canonised and later made a patron saint of Scotland.

 

Family Tree Details

Father:Edward (The Exile) (b.1016 - d.1057)
Mother:Agatha (of Brunswick)
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Margaret (Granddaughter of Edmund Ironside) ( - d.1093)
     +Malcolm (III, Scottish King 1058-1093) (b.1031 - d.1093)
          =Edmund (of Scotland)
          =Edgar (King of Scotland 1097-1107) ( - d.1107)
          =Alexander (I, King of Scotland 1107-1124) (b.1077 - d.1124)
          |    +Sybilla (of Normandy) (b.1092 - d.1122)
          =Matilda Edith (of Scotland) (b.1080 - d.1118)
          |    +Henry (I, King of England 1100-1135) (b.1068 - d.1135)
          |         =William (Adelin) (b.1103 - d.1120)
          |         =Matilda (Daughter of Henry I) (b.1102 - d.1167)
          |              +Geoffrey (Plantagenet, 'The Fair', Count of Anjou) ( - d.1151)
          |              |    =Henry (II, King of England 1154-1189) (b.1133 - d.1189)
          |              |    =Geoffrey (VI of Anjou)
          |              |    =William (Count of Paitin) (b.1136 - d.1164)
          |              +Henry (V of Germany)
          =David (I, King of Scotland 1124-1153) (b.1085 - d.1153)
          |    +Matilda (Wife of David I)
          |         =Henry (Earl of Huntingdon) ( - d.1152)
          |              +Warenne, Ada de
          |                   =Malcolm (IV, Scottish King 1153-1165) (b.1142 - d.1165)
          |                   =William (I, the Lion, King of Scotland 1165-1214) ( - d.1214)
          |                   =David (Earl of Huntingdon) ( - d.1219)
          =Mary (of Scotland) (b.1084 - d.1116)
               +Eustace (III, Count of Boulogne) (b.1089 - d.1125)
                    =Matilda (of Boulogne) ( - d.1152)
                         +Stephen (of Blois, king of England 1135-1154) (b.1100 - d.1154)
                              =Baldwin (of Boulogne) (b.1126 - d.1135)
                              =Eustace (IV, Count of Boulogne) ( - d.1153)

Timeline

1068

Edgar the Aetheling took refuge with Malcolm III in Scotland along with his sister Margaret. Malcolm and Margaret were married in the same year.

1070

The Abbey of Dunfermline was founded by Malcolm III, King of the Scots and his wife Margaret.

1093

Margaret of Scotland died only days after her son and husband had been killed at Alnwick.

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