Margaret

Margaret in 1093

Queen Margaret was the second wife of Canmore.

Appearances

• "Fools Rush In..." (First Appearance)

Real World Background

Margaret was the granddaughter of Edmund Ironside, a son of Ethelred the Unready who briefly succeeded him to the English throne in 1016; upon his death, his son Edward was driven into exile in Hungary, where he married and became the father of both Margaret and her brother Edgar the Atheling. They were recalled to England in 1057, during the reign of their cousin Edward the Confessor, to be raised at his court. After the Norman Conquest, Margaret took shelter in Scotland with her family, where she and Malcolm Canmore met; Malcolm fell in love with her and married her (though she had originally intended to become a nun).

Margaret was an extremely pious woman, who particularly encouraged the introduction of the Roman Catholic Church into Scotland. She was famous for her numerous acts of charity, including raising a group of orphans and caring for the poor (even washing their feet). She died of grief on November 16, 1093, after learning of the deaths in battle of her husband and eldest son Edward.

See Also

• Margaret at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia