Matilda (Edith) Princess of Scotland 
Matilda (Edith) Princess of was born in October 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland. Matilda (Edith) Princess of's father was Malcolm III Canmore King of Scotland and her mother was St. Margaret Aetheling of Scotland. Her paternal grandparents were Duncan I MacCrinan King of Scotland and Sibyl Sywardsdottir , of Northumbria. She had two brothers and a sister, named David I "The Saint" King of, Alexander I "The Fierce" King of and Mary Princess of. She was the oldest of the four children. She had two half-brothers named Duncan II Canmore King of and Heth Aethelred 1st Earl of. She died at the age of 38 on May 1st, 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
Christened Edith, but adopted the name Matilda upon her marriage to Henry I. It was thought the Norman barons might not respect a queen with a Saxon name. The marriage to Henry represented the union of the Norman & Saxon royal lines.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (killed by Macbeth)
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumbria, England (slain besieging)
- b.~ 1014 in Northumbria, England d.1040
- b.Oct 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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‌Matilda (Edith) Princess of and Henry I "Beauclerc" King of were married in a religious ceremony on November 11th, 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. They had a daughter named Maud "The Empress" Princess of.
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Children
Maud "The Empress" Princess of England
Maud "The Empress" Princess of was born in London, Middlesex, England. She died on September 10th, 1167 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She was buried in Abbey of Bec, France.
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