Margaret of England

Margaret of England

Queen consort of Scots
Tenure	26 December 1251 – 26 February 1275

Born	(1240-09-29)29 September 1240 Windsor Castle
Died	26 February 1275(1275-02-26) (aged 34) Cupar Castle
Burial	Dunfermline Abbey, Fife
Spouse	Alexander III of Scotland m. 1251; dec. 1275
Issue more...	Margaret, Queen of Norway Alexander, Prince of Scotland
House	House of Plantagenet
Father	Henry III of England
Mother	Eleanor of Provence

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

Life 1
Family tree 2
Cited references 3
Written References 4

Life

Margaret was the second child of King Henry III of England and his wife, Eleanor of Provence, and was born at Windsor Castle. Margaret’s first appearance in historical record comes when she was three years old.

She was married on 26 December 1251, when she was 11 years old, at York Minster, to King Alexander III of Scotland, who was 10 years of age. The couple had three children:^[1]

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

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.

Family tree

Ancestors of Margaret of England

16. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou

8. Henry II, King of England

17. Matilda, Lady of the English

4. John, King of England

18. William X, Duke of Aquitaine

9. Eleanor of Aquitaine

19. Aenor de Châtellerault

2. Henry III, King of England

20. William VI Taillefer, Count of Angoulême

10. Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême

21. Marguerite de Turenne

5. Isabella of Angoulême

22. Peter of Courtenay

11. Alice of Courtenay

23. Elisabeth de Courtenay

1. Margaret of England

24. Alfonso II, King of Aragon

12. Alfonso II, Count of Provence

25. Sancha of Castile

6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

26. Rainou, Count of Forcalquier

13. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier

27. Gersend of Forcalquier

3. Eleanor of Provence

28. Humbert III, Count of Savoy

14. Thomas I, Count of Savoy

29. Beatrice of Viennois

7. Beatrice of Savoy

30. William I, Count of Geneva

15. Marguerite of Geneva

31. Beatrix of Faucigny

Cited references

^ Ashley, Mike (1999). The mammoth book of British kings and queens. London: Robinson Publishers. p. 408.
^ An annotated index of medieval womenAnne Echols, Marty Williams:
^ Early Sources of Scottish History
^ Lanercost Chronicle

Written References

Ashley, Mike (2002). British Kings & Queens. Carroll & Graf. 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.

Royal titles
Margaret of England House of Plantagenet Born: 29 September 1240 Died: 26 February 1275
Vacant Title last held by Marie de Coucy	Queen consort of Scotland 1251–1275	Vacant Title next held by Yolande de Dreux

Scottish royal consorts

Gruoch (c. 1040 – 1057)
Ingibiorg Finnsdottir (1058–1069)
Margaret of Wessex (1070–1093)
Ethelreda of Northumbria (1093–1094)
Sybilla of Normandy (1107–1122)
Maud of Northumbria (1124–1130)
Ermengarde de Beaumont (1186–1214)
Joan of England (1221–1238)
Marie de Coucy (1239–1249)
Margaret of England (1251–1275)
Yolande de Dreux (1285–1286)
Elizabeth de Burgh (1306–1327)
Joan of The Tower (1329–1362)
Margaret Drummond (1364–1369)
Euphemia de Ross (1371–1386)
Anabella Drummond (1390–1401)
Joan Beaufort (1424–1437)
Mary of Guelders (1449–1460)
Margaret of Denmark (1469–1486)
Margaret Tudor (1503–1513)
Madeleine of Valois (1537)
Mary of Guise (1538–1542)
Francis II of France (1558–1560)
Henry, Duke of Albany (1565–1567)
James, Earl of Bothwell (1567)
Anne of Denmark (1589–1619)
Henrietta Maria of France (1625–1649)
Catherine of Braganza (1662–1685)
Mary of Modena (1685–1688)
George, Duke of Cumberland (1702–1707)

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Margaret of England