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Name: Saint Margaret of Scotland Famous memorial
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1045
Birth Location:
Death Date: 16 Nov 1093 (aged 48)
Death Location:
Burial: Dunfermline Abbey
City: Dunfermline
State: Fife
Country: Scotland
Memorial ID: 8385477

Roman Catholic Saint, Scottish queen. The daughter of Edward Ætheling, and wife of King Malcolm III Canmore, she founded several churches and abbeys, instituted religious reforms, and brought the Celtic church under the control of Rome. She was a patroness of the arts and education, and was very active in charitable works. She bore eight children, all of whom she raised in the church. She spent much of her time in devotional reading, and was exemplary of a just and caring ruler. She became ill and died just four days after the deaths of her husband and son. She was canonized in 1250 by Pope Innocent IV. Her feast day is celebrated on November 16 in both the universal Church calendar and in Scotland.

Family Members
Parents
Edward Ætheling "The Exile" of Wessex 1016–1057
Princess Agatha von Brunswick of Wessex
unknown–1067
Spouse
Malcolm III 1031–1093
(m. 1069)
Siblings
Edgar Aegtheling of Wessex 1051–1126
Children
Prince Edward of Scotland 1068–1093
Edmund of Scotland 1070–1105
Aethelred of Scotland 1072–1093
Edgar King of Scots 1074–1107
Alexander I King of Scots 1077–1124
Matilda of Scotland 1079–1118
David I King of Scots 1080–1153
Princess Mary of Scotland Canmore 1082–1116