of England Edith of Scotland Queen Matilda

1079 - 1118  (39 years)

• Name	Edith of Scotland Queen Matilda
  Title	of England
  Birth	1079	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Educated+at+Romsey+Abbey	From 1086 to 1093	Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
  	Edith and her sister Mary went to Romsey Abbey to live with their Aunt Cristina, who was the Abbess. Edith was there from 1086 until 1093. From 1093 to 1190, her whereabouts are unclear
  Betrothed+at+age+13+to+Alan+Rufus	1093
  	Edith's parents betrothed her to Alan Rufus in early 1093. In November on 1093 both of her parents died, before the marriage took place, and Alan ran off with Gunhild of Wessex, daughter of Harold Godwinson. As fate would have it Alan died before that m
  Orphaned	Nov 1093
  Council+of+Bishops	1100	Wilton, Wiltshire, England
  	Before Edith could marry Henry she had to convince a specially convened council of Bishops that she had never taken vows to be a nun. The synod was convened by Anselm, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who later became Edith's great friend and confidante.
  Princess+Edith+of+Scotland+became+Queen+Matilda+of+England	11 Nov 1100	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
  	Christened Edith in 1080, she use used the name Edith for the first 20 years of her life. Upon her marriage to King Henry she was crowned Queen and in the investiture ceremony took the Norman name of Matilda.
  Title of Nobility	Queen Consort of England, Queen of England, Duchess of Normandy, Princess of Scotland
  _FSFTID	LY6J-G8R
  Burial	1118	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
  Death	1 May 1118	Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I32540	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

  
  

  Family	King of England Henry I,   b. Abt 1068, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1100	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Children	1. Holy Roman Empress Matilda of England,   b. 7 Feb 1102, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France (Age 65 years)   2. Duke of Normandy William Adelin,   b. 5 Aug 1103, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 25 Nov 1120, Manche, Lower Normandy, France (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F12912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023