Saint and Queen of Scotland Margaret of Wessex,

1045 - 1093  (48 years)

• Name	Margaret of Wessex,
  Title	Saint and Queen of Scotland
  Birth	8 Sep 1045	Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary
  Gender	Female
  MOVED+FROM+HUNGARY+TO+ENGLAND	17 Apr 1057	London, Middlesex, England
  	Margaret's father Edward the Exile, the only living heir to the throne of England, returned to England to take his place as Heir Designate on 17 April 1057. He brought with him from Hungary his wife and children.
  HER+FATHER%2C+EDWARD+THE+EXILE%2C+DIED	19 Apr 1057	London, England
  	Unfortunately Margaret's father died 2 days after their arrival in England. Margaret's little brother, who was very young, became Edward the Confessor's heir, and the family went to live at the English court.
  BETROTHED+TO+MALCOLM+III+	1059	London, Middlesex, England
  	According to 'Orderic Vitalis', In 1059 Malcolm III and Edward the confessor arranged for Margaret to marry Malcolm, the betrothal was not honored and could be the cause of the Scots invasion of Northumbria in 1061.
  SHIPWRECKED+WHILE+FLEEING	1068
  	After William the Conqueror took the throne of England, Margaret and her family fled, possibly heading back to Hungary, and were shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland.
  DIED+OF+A+BROKEN+HEART	16 Nov 1093	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  	Margaret died 3 days after the death of her husband and oldest son reportedly of grief
  Death	16 Nov 1093	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Burial	Aft 16 Nov 1093	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
  CANONIZED+AS+SAINT+MARGARET+OF+SCOTLAND	19 Jun 1259
  	Canonized by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her personal holiness, fidelity to the Church, work for religious reform, and charity.
  FEAST+DAY+OF+SAINT+MARGARET	The Feast of St Margaret is celebrated on November 16.
  Religious Affiliation	Founded a priory at Dunfermline with monks from Canterbury.
  Title of Nobility	Queen Of Scotland - Princess of England
  Title+(Nobility)	Queen of Scotland
  Occupation	Saint Of Hungary
  _FSFTID	L8M6-YW7
  Person ID	I33428	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	the Exile Edward Ætheling,   b. 15 Oct 1015, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 19 Apr 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Agatha   d. Aft 1070
  Family ID	F14808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	King Of Scotland Malcolm III,   b. 26 Mar 1031, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1068	Scotland
  Children	1. Edward of Scotland,   b. Abt 1069, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1093 (Age 24 years)   2. King of Scotland Edmund,   b. Dec 1070, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. Aft 1097, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age > 28 years)   3. Abbot of Dunkeld Æthelred,   b. 1072, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 16 Nov 1093, Fife, Scotland (Age 21 years)   4. King of Scotland Edgar,   b. 1074, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 8 Jan 1107, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 33 years)   5. I-King of Scotland Alexander,   b. 1077, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 23 Apr 1124, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 47 years)   6. of England Edith of Scotland Queen Matilda,   b. 1079, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1 May 1118, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom (Age 39 years)   7. Mary of Scotland,   b. 1084, Falkland, Fife, Scotland d. 31 May 1116, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom (Age 32 years)   8. King of Scotland David I,   b. 1085, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F13321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2
  Children	1. Ethelred Prince_ Of Scotland,   b. Abt 1072, Scotland, United Kingdom d. DECEASED   2. Edgar King Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1074, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 8 Jan 1107, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 33 years)   3. Prince Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1074, Scotland, United Kingdom d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F13324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

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