King of Scotland Edgar

1074 - 1107  (33 years)

• Name	Edgar
  Title	King of Scotland
  Birth	1074	Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  DEFEATED+DONALD+III+TO+BECOME+KING+OF+SCOTS	1097
  	With the support of most of his brothers, and William Rufus, King of England, whose troops were led by Edgar's maternal uncle Edgar Ætheling, Edgar defeated and deposed his uncle King Donald III and took the throne of Scotland
  REIGN+AS+KING+OF+SCOTLAND	From 1097 to 1107
  GRANTED+APPANAGE+TO+DAVID	1107
  	In his will, Edgar granted David an appanage in "Cumbria" (the former Kingdom of Strathclyde),and Lothian. David became known as Prince of the Cumbrians, training for his future as king.
  UPON+HIS+DEATH+EDGAR+ENDORSED+HIS+YOUNGER+BROTHER+ALEXANDER+AS+KING	1107
  	Unmarried and childless, Edgar died in 1097, and acknowledged his brother Alexander as his successor.
  _FSFTID	9QG5-9G4
  Death	8 Jan 1107	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Burial	8 Jan 1107	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I33432	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Saint and Queen of Scotland Margaret of Wessex,,   b. 8 Sep 1045, Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1068	Scotland
  Family ID	F13321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart