Margaret of England
Queen consort of Scots
Tenure	26 December 1251 – 26 February 1275
Spouse	Alexander III of Scotland m. 1251; dec. 1275
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Margaret, Queen of Norway Alexander, Prince of Scotland
House	House of Plantagenet (by birth) House of Dunkeld (by marriage)
Father	Henry III of England
Mother	Eleanor of Provence
Born	(1240-09-29)29 September 1240
Died	26 February 1275(1275-02-26) (aged 34) Cupar Castle
Burial	Dunfermline Abbey, Fife

Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275) was Queen of Scots as the wife of King Alexander III.

Family [edit]

She was the second child of Henry III of England and his wife, Eleanor of Provence, and was born at Windsor Castle.

Margaret was married on 26 December 1251, when she was eleven years old, at York Minster, to King Alexander III of Scotland, who was ten years of age. The couple had three children.^[1]

Children:

• Margaret, Princess of Scotland (28 February 1261–9 April 1283), who married Eirik II of Norway
• Alexander, Prince of Scotland (21 January 1264 Jedburgh – 28 January 1284 Lindores Abbey); buried in Dunfermline Abbey
• David of Scotland (20 March 1272 – June 1281 Stirling Castle); buried in Dunfermline Abbey

Margaret

Biography [edit]

Margaret is said to have been unhappy in Scotland, and created some tensions between England and Scotland by writing to her family in England that she was poorly treated in Scotland.^[2]

It was said that Margaret was responsible for the death of a young courtier, who reputedly had killed her uncle Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.^[3] While walking along the River Tay, she became annoyed with the young man. She jokingly pushed him into the river, but he was swept to his death by a powerful current before anyone could help.^[4]

Margaret died on 26 February 1275 at Cupar Castle, and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife.

Cited References [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Margaret of England

1. ^ Ashley, Mike (1999). The mammoth book of British kings and queens. London: Robinson Publishers. p. 408. ISBN 1-84119-096-9. 
2. ^ Anne Echols, Marty Williams: An annotated index of medieval women
3. ^ Early Sources of Scottish History
4. ^ Lanercost Chronicle

Written References [edit]

• Ashley, Mike (2002). British Kings & Queens. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1104-3.  pgs 485 & 492
• Tibballs, Geoff (2005). Royalty's Strangest Characters: Extraordinary But True Tales from 2,000 Years of Mad Monarchs and Raving Rulers. Chrysalis Books.