St Margaret Aetheling of Scotland 
St Margaret Aetheling of was born in 1045 in Hungary.1 St Margaret Aetheling of's father was Prince Edward Atheling England and her mother was Agatha of Hungary. Her paternal grandparents were King Edmund II England and Ealgyth of Northumbria; her maternal grandparents were Ludolphe Margrave of Saxony & Brunswick and Gertrude Gand. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Edward Atheling and Margaret Atheling. She died at the age of 48 on November 16th, 1093 in Edinburgh,Scotland.1 General Notes
MARGARET OF SCOTLAND, SAINT (b. c. 1045, probably Hungary--d. Nov. 16,1093, Edinburgh; canonized 1250; feast day November 16, Scottish feastday June 16), queen consort of Malcolm III Canmore and patroness ofScotland.
Margaret was brought up at the Hungarian court, where her father, Edward,was in exile. After the Battle of Hastings, Edward's widow and childrenfled for safety to Scotland. Her brother Edgar the Aetheling, defeatedclaimant to the English throne, joined her there. In spite of herleanings toward a religious life, Margaret married (c. 1070) Malcolm IIICanmore, king of Scotland from 1057 or 1058 to 1093. Through herinfluence over her husband and his court, she promoted, in conformitywith the Gregorian reform, the interests of the church and of the Englishpopulation conquered by the Scots in the previous century. She diedshortly after her husband was slain near Alnwick, Northumberland.[Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0914 in Wessex,England d.26 May 0946 in England
- b.~ 0943 in Wessex, England d.0975 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex,England d.0944
- b.~ 0968 in Of, , Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0922 in Devonshire,England
- b.~ 0940 in Devonshire,England d.1000
- b.~ 0927 in Devonshire,England
- b.0989 d.1016
- b.~ 0900 in Of, , Normandie, Neustria d.17 Dec 0942 in , , , France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Fecamp,Normandy,France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp,Normandy,France
- b.~ 0911 in ,,Bretagne d.< 0940
- b.~ 0982 in Normandy,France d.6 Mar 1051/1052 in Wincheshire, Hampshire, England
- b.0910 in Blauzahan,Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg,Denmark
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie d.1031 in France
- b.0919 in denmark d.1000
- b.1017 in Wessex,England d.1057 in London,Middlesex,England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh,Scotland
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St Margaret Aetheling of and Malcolm III of Scotland were married in a religious ceremony in 1067. They had a daughter named Matilda Princess of.
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Children
Matilda Princess of Scotland
Matilda Princess of was born in 1080 in Dunfermline, fifeshire, Scotland. She died at the age of 38 on May 1st, 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
St Margaret Aetheling of and Malcolm III Canmore King of were married in a religious ceremony in Dunfermline, Scotland.1 They had a daughter named Matilda Princess of.
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Children
Matilda Princess of Scotland
Matilda Princess of was born in 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.2 She died at the age of 39 on May 1st, 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.2
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