Margaret (died 1093)

Also known as Saint Margaret and Margaret of Hungary.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1050.

The estimated date is given by Baldwin, who notes that it is possible that Margaret was born 10 or more years earlier.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 16 November 1093.

Place of Death: Edinburgh Castle.

The date and place are given by Barrow and by Baldwin. Baldwin notes that the death is recorded by John of Worcester s.a. 1093, in the Annals of Ulster s.a. 1093, in the Annals of Loch Cé s.a. 1093., in an inserted folio in the Chronica de Mailros s.a. 1057, and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (E) s.a. 1093.

Place of Burial: before the high altar in Dunfermline Priory church.

The place is given by Barrow.

Relationships

Father: Edward Ætheling (died 1057).

This relationship is given by Barrow and by Baldwin.

Mother: Agatha.

This relationship is given by Barrow and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Malcolm III (died 1093), king of Scots.

This relationship is given by Barrow and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Edward (died November 1093).

Edmund.

Edgar (died January 1107). King of Scotland, 1097 - 1107.

Alexander I (died March or April 1124) married Sybil, daughter of Henry I of England. Alexander was king of Scotland, 1107-1124.

Æthelred, earl of Fife, abbot of Dunkeld.

David I (died 24 May 1153) married Matilda, daughter of Waltheof, earl of Northumbria. David was king of Scotland, 1124 - 1153.

Matilda (died 1 May 1118) married Henry I of England on 11 November 1100.

Mary (died 31 May 1116) married Eustace III, count of Boulogne, in 1102.

References

Annals of Loch Cé (Donnchadh Ó Corráin, compiler). (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2002).

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. “St. Margaret” in The Henry Project.

Barrow, G.W.S. “Margaret [St Margraet (d. 1093)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

“Margaret, queen of Scots (d. 1093)” [POMS, no. 246] in The People of Medieval Scotland, 1093 – 1314. Amanda Beam, John Bradley, Dauvit Broun, John Reuben Davies, Matthew Hammond, Michele Pasin (with others). (Glasgow and London, 2012) [accessed 8 June 2014]

John of Worcester, Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis (Benjamin Thorpe, ed.) 2 volumes. (London:Sumptibus Societatis, 1848-1849).

“Margaret 1” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Plummer, Charles (ed.) Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: A Revised Text (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892-1899).

Stevenson, Joseph (ed.), Chronica de Mailros. (Edinburgh, 1835).