Daughter of Anglo-Saxon prince Edward Atheling. Canonised 1250 and her feast day is 16th November. In 1057 shearrived at the English court of Edward the Confessor. Ten years latershe was in exile after William defeated Harold at the Battle ofHastings. She fled to Scotland where she was married against herwishes to King Malcolm to whom she bore six sons and two daughters.Her unlearned and boorish husband grew daily more gracefulandChristian under the queen's graceful influence. Her remains wereremoved to Escorial Spain and her head to Douai, France.