Queen of Scotland Saint Margaret Atheling

1045 - 1093  (48 years)

• Name	Saint Margaret Atheling  [1]
  Title	Queen of Scotland
  Birth	Aug 1045	England   [1]
  	Wessex, England
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Hood, Mack Ferrin Smith, and Retha Zulma Gott
  Ordained	St. Margaret of Scotland was canonized in1251 by Pope Innocent IV. She is the patron of Scotland, and her feast is November 16  [2]
  		Church Window Saint Margareth Image of Saint Margaret in a window at St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh
  Religion	She had a civilizing influence on her husband Malcolm by reading him stories from the Bible. She instigated religious reform, striving to make the worship and practices of the Church in Scotland conform to those of Rome
  Death	16 Nov 1093	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Edinburgh Castle
  Person ID	I10002	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Ætheling,   b. 1016   d. Aug 1057, England (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agatha aetheling
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King of Scotland Malcolm Canmore, III,   b. 26 Mar 1031, Perthshire, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1068	Perth, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. Princess of Scotland, Queen Consort of England Matilda of Scotland,   b. 1 May 1080, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1 May 1118, Westminster, London, England (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Prince of the Cumbrians and Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon and King of Scotland Saint David of Scotland, I,   b. 1080, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Aug 1045 - England Marriage - 1068 - Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Death - 16 Nov 1093 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  †Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045 – 16 Nov 1093), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". Born in the Kingdom of Hungary to the expatriate English prince Edward the Exile, Margaret and her family returned to England in 1057. After she and her family…

  
  

  Places

  Church Window Saint Margareth Image of Saint Margaret in a window at St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S547] Saints, Saint Margaret of Scotland. Margaret was an English princess. She and her mother sailed to Scotland to escape from the king who had conquered their land. King Malcolm of Scotland welcomed them and fell in love with the beautiful princess. Margaret and Malcolm were married before too long. As Queen, Margaret changed her husband and the country for the better. Malcolm was good, but he and his court were very rough. When he saw how wise his beloved wife was, he listened to her good advice. She softened his temper and led him to practice great virtue. She made the court beautiful and civilized. Soon all the princes had better manners, and the ladies copied her purity and devotion. The king and queen gave wonderful example to everyone by the way they prayed together and fed crowds of poor people with their own hands. They seemed to have only one desire: to make everyone happy and good. Margaret was a blessing for all the people of Scotland. Before she came, there was great ignorance and many bad habits among them. Margaret worked har http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=304