Queen Margaret Aethelling, of Wessex b. 8 Sep 1046 Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary d. 16 Nov 1093 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom: Our Family History

1046 - 1093 (47 years)

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Name	Margaret Aethelling
Prefix	Queen
Suffix	of Wessex
Birth	8 Sep 1046	Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary
Gender	Female
Life Sketch	1057
	She and her family returned to England from exile in Hungary.
Title (Nobility)	From 1070 to 1093
	Queen consort of Scotland
Title of Nobility	From 1070 to 1093
	Queen consort of Scotland
Burial	Nov 1093	Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death	16 Nov 1093	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Canonization+	1250
	In 1250, Pope Innocent IV canonized her, and her remains were reinterred in a shrine in Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, Scotland. Her relics were dispersed after the Scottish Reformation and subsequently lost. Mary, Queen of Scots, at one time owned her head
Fact	Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland"
Feast Day	June 10, celebrated on November 16 in Scotland
Life Sketch	Although he had given sanctuary to Tostig Godwinson when the Northumbrians drove him out, Malcolm was not directly involved in the ill-fated invasion of England by Harald Hardraade and Tostig in 1066, which ended in defeat and death at the battle of Sta
Religious Affiliation	Founded a priory at Dunfermline with monks from Canterbury.
Religious Affiliation	19 Jun 1259
	Canonized by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her personal holiness, fidelity to the Church, work for religious reform, and charity.
Title of Nobility	Princesss of England
Occupation	Saint Of Hungary
Title	Queen of Scotland
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Last Modified	3 Nov 2019

Father	Prince Edward Atheling, of England, b. 23 Sep 1016, Wessex d. 19 Apr 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 40 years)
Mother	Princess of England Princess Agatha Von Brunswick, b. 13 Jul 1024, Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary d. 13 Jul 1066, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 42 years)
Marriage	13 Jul 1040	London, England
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Father	Edward The Atheling d. DECEASED
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Mother	Ealdgyth Wessex, b. 988 d. 1054 (Age 66 years)
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Family King Malcolm III of Scotland, b. 26 Mar 1031, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)

Marriage Abt 1066 Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Children

	1. Fledaldus Senescal, b. 1046, Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France d. 1084, Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (Age 38 years)
	2. Alan, Senescal Of Dol, b. Abt 1046, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d. Aft 1097, Palestina, São Paulo, Brazil (Age > 52 years)
	3. Rivallon Senescal, b. 1058, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France d. DECEASED
	4. Prince Donald Mac Malcolm, b. 1060, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 12 Nov 1094, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 34 years)
	5. Ethelred mac Maíl Coluim, 1st Earl Of Fife, b. 1062, Perthshire, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1098, Methil, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 36 years)
	6. Malcolm de Ros, of Scotland II, b. Sep 1064, Holderness, Yorkshire, England d. 23 Nov 1098, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 34 years)
	7. Prince of Scotland Edward MacMalcolm, b. Abt 1067, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 16 Nov 1093, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 26 years)
	8. Prince Malcolm Ceanmor, Of Scotland, b. 1068, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1085, Methil, Fife, Scotland (Age 17 years)
	9. King of Scotland Edgar MacMalcolm, b. Abt 1070, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 8 Jan 1106, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 36 years)
	10. Bishop Edmund Of Dunkeld, b. Abt 1070 d. Abt 1097 (Age 27 years)
	11. King of Scotland 1 Alexander MacMalcolm, b. Abt 1072, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 23 Apr 1124, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)
	12. Edmund macMalcolm Scotland, b. Abt 1072, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1097, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 25 years)
	13. Edmund, b. Abt 1072, Scotland, United Kingdom d. DECEASED
	14. Edgar Scotland, b. 1074, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 8 Jan 1105, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 31 years)
	15. Edgar of Scotland, b. 1074, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 8 Jan 1106, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 32 years)
	16. Alexander I of Scotland, King of Scotland, b. 1077, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 23 Apr 1124, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 47 years)
	17. Alexander I "The Fierce" of Scotland, , King, b. 1078, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 23 Apr 1124, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 46 years)
	18. Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England, b. 1 May 1080, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1 May 1118, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England (Age 38 years)
	19. David I of Scotland, b. 31 Dec 1080, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 72 years)
	20. David I SaintScotland Huntingdon, b. 1080, London, England, United Kingdom d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 73 years)
	21. Mary Dunkeld, b. 1081 d. 31 May 1116, Saint Saviors Mona, Bermondsey, London, Middlesex, England (Age 35 years)
	22. Countess of Boulogne Mary MacMalcom of Scotland, b. 1084, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 31 May 1116, Saint, Welo Province, Ethiopia (Age 32 years)
	23. King of Scots Duncan II Dunkeld, b. Abta, Marshall Islands d. Āt, Gujarāt, India
	24. Edgar Dunkeld d. DECEASED
	25. Alexander Mac Mail Coluim Dunkeld d. 1124
	26. Prince Edward of Dunkeld d. 26 Oct 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

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Queen Margaret Aethelling, of Wessex