Individual Details

Saint Margaret

(1045 - 16 Nov 1093)

Canonised 1250 and her feast day is 16th November. In 1057 she arrived at the English court of Edward the Confessor. Ten years later she was in exile after William defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. She fled to Scotland where she was married against her wishes to King Malcolm to whom she bore six sons and two daughters. Her unlerned and boorish husband grew daily more graceful and Christian under the queen's graceful influence. Her remains were removed to Escorial Spain and her head Douai, France. She was burried in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,

Events

Birth1045Hungary
Event1057arrived at the English court of Edward the Confessor
MarriageAbt 1068Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland - Malcolm Caennmor III
Death16 Nov 1093Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Event1250Canonised
Title (Nobility)Queen of Scotland
BurialDunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Families

SpouseMalcolm Caennmor III ( - 1093)
ChildEdgar Caennmor (1074 - )
ChildAlexander "The Fierce" I (1078 - 1124)
ChildMatilda of Scotland (1079 - 1118)
ChildMary of Scotland (1080 - 1116)
ChildDavid "The Saint" I (1084 - 1153)
FatherEdward "The Exile" (1016 - 1057)