Margaret "the Exile" Wessex 
Margaret "the Exile" was born in 1045 in Hungary.1 Margaret "the Exile"'s father was Edward Atheling and her mother was UNKNOWN Agatha. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Wessex and Edith Ealdgyth UNKNOWN; her maternal grandparents were Margrave Of Saxony, Count Of Brunswick Ludolphe and UNKNOWN Gertrude. She had two half-sisters named Margaret and Queen Of Scotland. She died at the age of 48 on November 16th, 1093 in Edinburgh Castle. She was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland.1 1 General Notes
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Canonised 1250 and her feast day is 16th November. In 1057 she arrived at
the
English court of Edward the Confessor. Ten years later she was in exile
after
William defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. She fled to Scotland
where
she was married against her wishes to King Malcolm to whom she bore six
sons
and two daughters. Her unlerned and boorish husband grew daily more
graceful
and Christian under the queen's graceful influence. She brought Norman
French, their customs and culture, to Scotland. She forced English
practice on scottish clergy, supported by Malcolm, offending the Celtic
north and creating a schism that would
remain for many years.
Her remains were removed to Escorial Spain and her head Douai, France.
d. 1093, queen consort of Malcolm III and sister of Edgar Atheling. She
was married to Malcolm c.1070. A deeply religious woman, she worked to
replace the Celtic practices of the Scottish church with those of Rome.
She did this partly by bringing many
English priests into Scotland and founding new monasteries. She was
generous to the poor and led a life of extraordinary piety. She was
canonized in 1250. Feast: June 10 or, in Scotland, Nov. 16.
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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)
- d. in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
- d. in Winchester, Greater London , ENGLAND
- b.0968 in London, Greater London, ENGLAND d.23 Apr 1016
- b. in Devon
- d.1016
- d.1057
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle
- b.0918 d.1 Nov 955
- b.Wft Est 940-956 d.0972
- b.~ 0925 d.28 Jun 987
- b.Wft Est 937-973 d.1006
- b.Wft Est 939-960 d.Wft Est 958-1047
- b.Wft Est 967-996 d.1038
- b.Wft Est 932-970 in Swabia d.Wft Est 974-1052
- b.Wft Est 974-995 d.1043
- b.Wft Est 997-1024 in Hungary d.Wft Est 1048-1112
- b.Wft Est 934-973 d.Wft Est 976-1054
- b.Wft Est 976-999 d.Wft Est 1021-1087
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‌Margaret "the Exile" and Malcolm III were married in a religious ceremony in 1069.1 They had a son and a daughter, named David and Matilda of Scotland.
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Children
Matilda of Scotland Atheling
Matilda of Scotland was born in 1079.1 She died at the age of 39 in 1118.1
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