General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Queen of Scotland
Note: MARGARET OF SCOTLAND, SAINT (b. c. 1045, probably Hun
gary--d. Nov. 16, 1093, Edinburgh; canonized 1250; feast da
y November 16, Scottish feast day June 16), queen consort o
f Malcolm III Canmore and patroness of Scotland.
Note:
Margaret was brought up at the Hungarian court, where her f
ather, Edward, was in exile. After the Battle of Hastings
, Edward's widow and children fled for safety to Scotland
. Her brother Edgar the Aetheling, defeated claimant to th
e English throne, joined her there. In spite of her leaning
s toward a religious life, Margaret married (c. 1070) Malco
lm III Canmore, king of Scotland from 1057 or 1058 to 1093
. Through her influence over her husband and his court, sh
e promoted, in conformity with the Gregorian reform, the in
terests of the church and of the English population conquer
ed by the Scots in the previous century. She died shortly a
fter her husband was slain near Alnwick, Northumberland. [E
ncyclopaedia Britannica
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(Research):Margaret died in Edinburgh Castle of grief at th
e death of her husband, November 16, 1093, and was buried a
t Dumfermline. In 1250 Margaret was declared a saint and o
n June 19, 1259 her body was taken from the original ston
e coffin and placed in a shrine of pinewood set with gold a
nd precious stones near the high altar. In Scotland the gra
ce cup is called St. Margaret's blessing. When Scotland bec
ame Protestant the remains of St. Margaret and her husband
, Malcolm III., were carried to Spain and placed in the Esc
orial, built in her honor by King Philip II, of Spain. Ther
e was issue by the first marriage with Ingibiorg as follows:
1. Duncan II., born about 1060, King of Scotland, ascende
d May 1094, died November 12, 1094. He married about 1090 O
ctreda of Dunbar. They had a son, William.
2. Malcolm
From the second marriage, between Malcolm and Margaret, the
y had the following children:
1. Edward, died November 16, 1093, slain with his father ne
ar Alnwick.
2. Edgar, born about 1074, King of Scotland, ascended 1097
, died in January 1107. He was absent from Scotland with Wi
lliam Rufus in England, about 1099-1100; with Henry I. in E
ngland, about 1101-1102.
3. Edmund.
4. Ethelred, who was bred a churchman and became Aldee, abb
ot of Dunkeld.
5. Alexander I., born about 1077, King of Scotland, ascende
d January 8, 1107, died April 25, 1124. He was absent fro
m Scotland in the invasion of Wales in the summer of 1114
, and in cooperation with Henry I of England.
6. David I. (St. David) , King of Scotland. See below.
7. Matilda (Maud) of Scotland 
8. Mary, died May 31, 1115, married Eustace, Count of Boulo
gne.