Marjorie of Scotland
Marjorie of Scotland , Countess of Pembroke († November 17, 1244 ) was a Scottish king's daughter.
Marjorie came from the Scottish royal family Dunkeld . She was the youngest daughter of King Wilhelm I and his Anglo-Norman wife Ermengarde . Her father died in 1214, after which her brother Alexander became King of Scotland. In 1227 Richard of Cornwall , the younger brother of the English king, traveled to Scotland to negotiate a wedding with Marjorie's mother. These plans found neither the approval of the Scots nor the English king, so that the negotiations were broken off. Her mother died in 1233. On August 1, 1235, Marjorie married the English magnate Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, in Berwick . Her husband died in 1241, the marriage had remained childless. From the extensive possessions of her husband she was entitled to a Wittum . She did not remarry and died three years later. She was buried in the Dominican Church in London.
Web links
- Marjorie of Scotland on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ WW Scott: Ermengarde (d. 1233). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marjorie of Scotland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marjorie of Scotland, Countess of Pembroke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish princess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1244 |