ANTHELLING, Queen Margaret Queen of Scotland

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• Name	ANTHELLING, Margaret
  Prefix	Queen
  Suffix	Queen of Scotland
  Birth	1042	Wessex, Cumberland, England
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Nov 1093	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Death	16 Nov 1093	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  WAC	15 Mar 1894
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  Person ID	I27888	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	ATHELING, Edward ,   b. 1016, Essex, England Essex, Englandd. 19 Apr 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)
  Mother	BRUNSWICK, Princess Agatha Von Princess of England ,   b. 13 Jul 1024, Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungaryd. 13 Jul 1066, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1045	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married London, Middlesex, England.
  Family ID	F15243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	FITZ-SIGULF, Baron Forne ,   b. 1048, Greystroke, Northumberland, England Greystroke, Northumberland, Englandd. 30 Nov 1129, Greystoke, Cumberland, England (Age 81 years)
  Children	+ 1. FITZ-FORNE, Edith ,   b. 1084, Greystroke, Northumberland, England Greystroke, Northumberland, Englandd. 1152, Oxford, Canterbury, England (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F15237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	SCOTLAND, King Malcom III ,   b. 26 Aug 1031, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotlandd. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1067	Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married , Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.
  Children	6 sons and 2 daughters
  1. SCOTLAND, Prince Edward ,   b. 1068, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland Atholl, Perthshire, Scotlandd. 16 Nov 1093, Edwards Isle, Scotland (Age 25 years)   2. SCOTLAND, Prince Edmund ,   b. Abt 1070, Scotland Scotlandd. 16 Nov 1093, Montague, Somersetshire, England (Age 23 years)   3. SCOTLAND, Prince Ethelred ,   b. Abt 1072, Blairlusk, Dumbarton, Scotland Blairlusk, Dumbarton, Scotlandd. 13 Nov 1093, Blairlusk, Dumbarton, Scotland (Age 21 years)   4. SCOTLAND, King Edgar ,   b. Abt 1074, Scotland Scotlandd. 8 Jan 1106, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 32 years)   5. SCOTLAND, King Alexander I ,   b. 1077, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland Atholl, Perthshire, Scotlandd. 23 Apr 1124, Stirling, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 47 years) + 6. SCOTLAND, King David I ,   b. 31 Dec 1080, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotlandd. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England (Age 72 years) + 7. SCOTLAND, Queen Mathilda Princess of Scotland ,   b. 1 May 1080, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline, Fife, Scotlandd. 1 May 1118, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England (Age 38 years) + 8. SCOTLAND, Princess Mary ,   b. 1 May 1084, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline, Fife, Scotlandd. 31 May 1116, Bermondsey, London, England (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F15375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  --Other Fields Ref Number: 6076 We were in Scotland and England years ago and went through Edinburgh Castle. They told us that King Malcolm III built it for Margaret. There is a small stained glass window in it with a beautiful young sweet-looking girl, so innocent looking. They told us it is of Margaret. That she could see the rocky craig out the window and she would say to her husband, "I would like you to build me a castle on that rocky craig." He did and there was a mote around it then, but it has been filled in since then and grass is growing around it now. They told of many other things that happened there in History. We went through many other castles and walked on the same cobblestones our ancestors had trod. GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Margaret BIRTH: Also shown as Born Essex, England. BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1045 DEATH: Also shown as Died Edinburgh Castle, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. St. Margaret of Scotland, or Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess born in Hungary to Princess Agatha of Hungary and English Prince Edward the Exile around 1045. Her siblings, Cristina and Edgar the Atheling were also born in Hungary around this time. Margaret and her family returned to England when she was 10-years-old and her father was called back as a potential successor to the throne. However, Edward died immediately after the family arrived, but Margaret and Edgar continued to reside at the English court. Margaret's family fled from William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Her widowed mother set out to take her children north to Northumbria. Tradition says, Agatha decided to leave Northumbria and return to the continent, but her family's ship got caught in a storm. The storm drove their ship even more north to Scotland, where they were shipwrecked in 1068. The spot they landed on is now known as "St. Margaret's Hope." Malcolm Canmore III, the king of Scotland, welcomed Margaret and her family and put them under his protection. He soon fell deeply in love with the beautiful and kind princess. Margaret and Malcolm became married in 1070 at the castle of Dunfermline. Together, they had eight children, six sons and two daughters. All of whom were raised with deep Catholic Christian faith. They lived as a holy family, a domestic church. Margaret's kind-nature and good heart was a strong influence on Malcolm's reign. She softened his temper and helped him become a virtuous King of Scotland. Together they prayed, fed the hungry, and offered a powerful example of living faith in action. Margaret was placed in charge of all domestic affairs and was often consulted with state matters, as well. She promoted the arts and education in Scotland. She encouraged Church synods and was involved in efforts to correct the religious abuses involving Bishops, priests and laypeople. Her impact in Scotland led her to being referred to as, "The Pearl of Scotland." She constantly worked to aid the poor Scotland. She encouraged people to live a devout life, grow in prayer, and grow in holiness. She helped to build churches, including the Abbey of Dunfermline, where a relic of the true Cross is kept. She was well-known for her deep life of prayer and piety. She set aside specific times for prayer and to read Scripture. She didn't eat often and slept very little so she would have more time for her devotions. She lived holiness of life as a wife, mother and lay woman; truly in love with Jesus Christ. Malcolm supported Margaret in all her endeavors and admired her religious devotion so much he had her books decorated in jewels, gold and silver. One of these decorated books, a gospel book with portraits of the four evangelists, is now kept in Oxford at the Bodleian Library after it was miraculously recovered from a river. In 1093, Malcolm and their oldest son were killed during the Battle of Alnwick. Already ill and worn from a life full of austerity and fasting, Margaret passed away four days after her husband, on November 16, 1093. Her body was buried before the high alter at Dunfermline. In 1250, Pope Innocent IV canonized Margaret as a Saint, acknowlegeing her life of holiness and extraordinary virtue. She was honored for her work for reform of the Church and her personal holiness. In 1259, Margaret's and Malcolm's bodies were transferred to a chapel in the eastern apse of Dunfermline Abbey. In 1560, Mary Queen of Scots came into possession of Margaret's head. It was kept as a relic. She insisted that it, and Margaret's prayers from heaven, helped assist her in childbirth. Her head later ended up with the Jesuits at the Scots' College, Douai, France, but was lost during the French Revolution. St. Margaret is the patron saint of Scotland and her feast day is celebrated on November 16.

  
  

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  [S112] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).