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Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND, Qn Of Scotland

Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND, Qn Of Scotland[1, 2]

Female 1043 - 1093  (50 years)

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  • Name Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND 
    Suffix Qn Of Scotland 
    Nickname Atheling 
    Born 1043  Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    MOVED FROM HUNGARY TO ENGLAND 17 Apr 1057  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Margaret's father Edward the Exile, the only living heir to the throne of England, returned to England to take his place as Heir Designate on 17 April 1057. He brought with him from Hungary his wife and children. 
    HER FATHER, EDWARD THE EXILE, DIED 19 Apr 1057  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Unfortunately Margaret's father died 2 days after their arrival in England. Margaret's little brother, who was very young, became Edward the Confessor's heir, and the family went to live at the English court. 
    SHIPWRECKED WHILE FLEEING 1068  [3
    After William the Conqueror took the throne of England, Margaret and her family fled, possibly heading back to Hungary, and were shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland. 
    TitleOfNobility Between 1070 and 1093  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Queen consort of Scotland, Queen of Scotland 
    DIED OF A BROKEN HEART 16 Nov 1093  Castle of Maidens, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Margaret died 3 days after the death of her husband and oldest son reportedly of grief 
    FamilySearch ID L8M6-YW7 
    Name Atheling 
    _UID A563CBB55CAD46E3ACB09F519B7274DE65E5 
    Died 16 Nov 1093  Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried , Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5985  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 

    Father Edward "Atheling" WESSEX, Prince Of England,   b. 1016, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1057, London, Middlesexshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Princess Agatha Von BRUNSWICK,   b. Abt 1017, Braunschweig, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1043, London, Middlesexshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family King Malcolm "Longneck" III CAENMOR, Scotland,   b. 26 Mar 1031, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 1068  Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward Prince Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1068, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1093, , Edwards Isle, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 25 years)
     2. Edmund Prince Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1070, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Montague, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ethelred Prince Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1072, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1093, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     4. Edgar King Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1074-1075, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1106-1107, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
     5. Prince Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1074, Of, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Alexander I King Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1077-1078, Of, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1124, , Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
     7. Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR, Of Scotland,   b. Abt 1079-1080, Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1118, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     8. David I "The Saint" King Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1080-1082, Of, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1153, , Carlisle, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     9. Mary Princess Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1084, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1116, St. Saviors Monastery, Bermondsey, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ancestral File Number: 9FTX-SR

  • Sources 
    1. [S400] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND, person ID L8M6-YW7. (Reliability: 3).