AETHELLING, Queen Margaret of Wessex

1046 - 1093  (47 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	AETHELLING, Margaret
  Prefix	Queen
  Suffix	of Wessex
  Birth	8 Sep 1046	Castle Reka, Mecseknadasd, in the region of Southern, Hungary
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Nov 1093	Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland
  Death	16 Nov 1093	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  WAC	15 Mar 1894
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  Person ID	I70204	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	ATHELING, Edward ,   b. 1016, Essex, England Essex, Englandd. 19 Apr 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)
  Mother	BRUNSWICK, Princess Agatha Von Princess of England ,   b. 13 Jul 1024, Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungaryd. 13 Jul 1066, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1045	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married London, Middlesex, England.
  Family ID	F32451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Saint Margaret (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), canonised by Pope Innocent IV, was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort. Saint Margaret was the daughter of the English Prince Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside. She was born in Hungary, she had one brother Edgar and one sister Christina. The provenance of her mother, Agatha, is disputed. When her uncle, Saint Edward the Confessor, the French-speaking Anglo-Saxon King of England, died in 1066, she was living in England where her brother, Edgar Ætheling, had decided to make a claim to the vacant throne. Malcolm was probably a widower, and was no doubt attracted by the prospect of marrying one of the few remaining members of the Anglo-Saxon royal family. The marriage of Malcolm and Margaret soon took place. Malcolm followed it with several invasions of Northumberland by the Scottish king, probably in support of the claims of his brother-in-law Edgar. These, however, had little result beyond the devastation of the province. Margaret and Malcolm had eight children, six sons and two daughters: 1.Edward, killed 1093. 2.Edmund of Scotland 3.Ethelred, abbot of Dunkeld 4.King Edgar of Scotland 5.King Alexander I of Scotland 6.King David I of Scotland 7.Edith of Scotland, also called Matilda, married King Henry I of England 8.Mary of Scotland, married Eustace III of Boulogne Her husband, Malcolm III, and their eldest son, Edward, were killed in a fight against the English at Alnwick Castle on 13 November 1093. Her son Edmund was left with the task of telling his mother of their deaths. Margaret was ill, and she died on 16 November 1093, three days after the deaths of her husband and eldest son. Veneration: St Margaret's Church in Dunfermline dedicated to her memorySaint Margaret was canonised in the year 1250 by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her personal holiness, fidelity to the Church, work for religious reform, and charity. She attended to charitable works, and personally served orphans and the poor every day before she ate. She rose at midnight to attend church services every night. She was known for her work for religious reform. She was considered to be an exemplar of the "just ruler", and also influenced her husband and children to be just and holy rulers. On 19 June 1250, after her canonisation, her remains were moved to Dunfermline Abbey. The Roman Catholic Church formerly marked the feast of Saint Margaret of Scotland on June 10, because the feast of "Saint Gertrude, Virgin" was already celebrated on November 16, but in Scotland, she was venerated on November 16, the day of her death. In the revision of the Roman Catholic calendar of saints in 1969, November 16 became free and the Church transferred her feast day to November 16. However, some traditionalist Catholics continue to celebrate her feast day on June 10. Queen Margaret University (founded in 1875), Queen Margaret College (Glasgow), Queen Margaret Union, Queen Margaret Hospital (just outside Dunfermline), North Queensferry, South Queensferry, Queen Margaret Academy (Ayr), St Margaret's Academy (Livngston), Queen Margaret College (Wellington) and several streets in Scotland are named after her. She is also venerated as a saint in the Anglican Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S983] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).