Saint Margaret Atheling of Scotland
- Born: Abt 1045, Hungary 765,766
- Marriage: Malcolm III MacDuncan, King of Scotland in 1069 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland 766
- Died: 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland about age 48 765,766
- Buried: Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland 766
General Notes:
St. Margaret (?1045-93), queen of Scotland, born in Hungary, the daughter of Edward the Exile of England. Margaret did much to civilize Scotland by introducing various religious customs, the observance of Sunday, and stricter marriage laws; while her charity to the poor was unbounded. She was canonized (1250). [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]
Came to England after the Norman Conquest. Her Father acquired land in the N. Daughter of Edward Atheling and sister of Edgar Atheling, who had fled with his sisters from Northumberland to Scotland. Young, lovely, learned and pious she won the heart of the rude Scots King. She did much to civilise the realm and to assimilate the Celtic Church to the rest of Christendom. She refounded Iona. She was canonised by Pope Innocent IV in 1251. {Burke’s Peerage} [GADD.GED]
Margaret married Malcolm III MacDuncan, King of Scotland, son of Duncan I of Scotland, King of Scotland and Sibylla of Northumbria, in 1069 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland.766 (Malcolm III MacDuncan, King of Scotland was born in 1033,765 died on 13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England 765,766 and was buried in 1093 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland 766.)
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