Margaret of Scotland
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Margaret of Scotland (* around 1046/1047 in Reska near Nádasd , Hungary ; † November 16, 1093 in Edinburgh , Scotland ) was the wife of Malcolm III. Scottish Queen and Patroness of Scotland. Together with her husband she founded the previous monastery of Dunfermline Abbey .
Life
Margareta was the eldest daughter of Prince Eduard Ætheling of England (1016-1057), a son of King Edmund II of England ( 989-1016), and his wife Princess Agathe of Hungary , a niece of Emperor Henry III. She grew up in Hungary with her two siblings, Edgar Ætheling and Christina .
After the Battle of Hastings Margaret fled to Scotland in 1066 , where she married the Scottish King Malcolm III. - a son of the king whom MacBeth had murdered and whose family Malcolm III attached himself to. then retaliated so cruelly that he was nicknamed " the bloody one ". Most of all Margaret's influence soothed the king. Margareta and Malcolm had eight children.
She worked for a better education of the people, got rid of old Celtic customs, was a benevolent, pious and popular queen and founded the later famous Dunfermline Abbey . In Dunfermline, Margaret was buried at her husband's side. During the Reformation both bones were brought to Madrid , Margaret's head is in the Jesuit church in Douai in France .
canonization
In 1251 Margaret was canonized by Pope Innocent IV (around 1195–1254). Her Anglican and Catholic (non-mandatory) Memorial Day is November 16.
At the time of the Reformation, the bones of Margareta and her husband were transferred to the El Escorial Chapel near Madrid . Margareta's head was temporarily in the possession of the Scottish Queen Maria Stuart (1542–1587), later it came to Antwerp and from there to Douai .
progeny
- Eduard (died 1093)
- Edmund , King of Scotland
- Edgar (1074--1107), King of Scotland
- Æthelred († 1097) Abbot of Dunkeld
- Edith (Mathilde) († 1118) × King Henry I of England
- Marie († 1116) × Count Eustach III. from Boulogne
- Alexander I (* 1078; † 1124) King of Scotland
- David I (* 1080; † 1153) King of Scotland
See also: House of Wessex
See also
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Margareta. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 898-899.
Web links
- Literature by and about Margaret of Scotland in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienM/Margareta_von_Schottland.html
predecessor | Office | Successor |
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Ingibiorg Finnsdottir |
Queen Consort of Scotland 1070-1093 |
Ethelreda / Octreda |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Margaret of Scotland |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglican and Catholic saints; scottish queen |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1046 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reska , Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1093 |
Place of death | Edinburgh |