Biography of Margaret Queen of Scotland 1240-1275

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252

1236 Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

1254 Wedding of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile

1264 Battle of Lewes

1265 Battle of Evesham

1269 Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor

16th November 1272 - Death of King Henry III

1274 Coronation of King Edward I

Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

On 14th January 1236 [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 28] and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 13] were married at Canterbury Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Edmund Rich [aged 61]. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Raymond IV Count Provence [aged 38] and [her grandmother] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 38]. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 48]. They were fourth cousins.

On 29th September 1240 Margaret Queen of Scotland was born to [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 32] and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 17] at Windsor Castle [Map].

On 27th June 1241 Gilbert Marshal 4th Earl Pembroke [aged 44] was killed in a tournament at Ware, Hertfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map] next to his father. His brother Walter [aged 42] succeeded 5th Earl Pembroke; he had also attended the tournament. The King King Henry III of England [aged 33] had expressly forbidden the tournament leading to anger at his disobeying the King's orders.

On 6th July 1249 King Alexander II of Scotland [aged 50] died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. His son [her future husband] Alexander [aged 7] succeeded King Scotland.

On 25 or 26th December 1251 King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 10] and Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 11] were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple \remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of King Henry III of England [aged 44] and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 28]. He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy [aged 33]. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

1254 Wedding of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile

On 1st November 1254 [her brother] King Edward I of England [aged 15] and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 13] were married at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. She the daughter of Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon and Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon [aged 34]. He the son of [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 47] and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 31]. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. In the same year, the [her husband] King of Scotland [aged 13] and his Queen [aged 14], daughter of the King of England, came into England, and, on the Assumption of Saint Mary [15th August 1255] were with his lordship the King at Wudestok [Map]; upon which day, the said King held a great and most noble Court, nearly all his Earls and Barons being present.

Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. After this, on the Sunday before the Decollation of Saint John [29th August 1255] the [her husband] King of Scotland [aged 13] and his Queen [aged 14] came to London, the City being decorated and hung with tapestry.

On 28th February 1261 [her daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 19] and Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 20]. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 31st August 1281 her half fourth cousin once removed Eric II King Norway, son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway, and had issue.

On 21st January 1264 [her son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland was born to [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 22] and Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 23] at Jedburgh. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. He married 14th November 1282 his half third cousin once removed Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders, daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

Battle of Lewes

On 14th May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 56] including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 20], Henry Hastings [aged 29] and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave [aged 26] defeated the army of [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 56] during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map].

King Henry III of England, his son, the future, [her brother] King Edward I of England [aged 24], Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex [aged 60], [her uncle] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 55], John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch [aged 44], Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion [aged 30] and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 32] were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 33], John Balliol [aged 56], Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 49], Roger Leybourne [aged 49] and William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin [aged 44] drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 73] was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.

Battle of Evesham

                    On 4th August 1265 the army loyal to [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 57], led by his son the future [her brother] King Edward I of England [aged 26], supported by Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 21], Warin Basingburne and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 33] defeated the rebel army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 57] at the Battle of Evesham.
                
                    Roger Leybourne [aged 50] fought and reputedly saved the King's life.
                
                    Adam Mohaut rescued the King.
                
                    Alan de Plugenet of Kilpec fought for the King.
                
                    Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester was killed. Earl of Leicester, Earl Chester forfeit. His son Henry Montfort [aged 26] was also killed. 
                
                    Hugh Despencer [aged 41] was killed by Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 34]. Baron Despencer extinct. It may not have been created as a hereditary barony.
                
                    Simon Beauchamp [aged 31], Ralph Basset [aged 50], William Devereux [aged 46], Hugh Troyes, Richard Trussel, Peter Montfort [aged 60], William Mandeville, William Crepping, William Birmingham, Guy Balliol and Thomas Astley [aged 50] were killed. Henry Hastings [aged 30], Humphrey Bohun [aged 44], Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave [aged 27], John Vesci, John Fitzjohn and Guy Montfort Count Nola [aged 21] were captured.
                
                    John Vesci was wounded and taken prisoner.

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On 25th October 1265 [her brother] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster [aged 20] was created 1st Earl of Leicester.

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On 15th May 1268 Peter of Savoy 1st Earl of Richmond [aged 65] died. He left the Honour of Richmond to his niece [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 45] who transferred it to the crown.

On 8th April 1269 [her brother] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster [aged 24] and [her sister-in-law] Aveline Forz 6th Countess Albemarle and Lancaster were married. She by marriage Countess Lancaster. She the daughter of William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle and Isabella Redvers 8th Countess Devon and Albemarle [aged 31]. He the son of [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 61] and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 46]. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor

On 13th October 1269 the remains of King Edward "The Confessor" of England were moved to a chapel east of the sanctuary in Westminster Abbey [Map]. [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 28] and Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 29] attended.

On 20th March 1272 [her son] David Dunkeld was born to [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 30] and Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 31]. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. He died aged nine in 1281.

16th November 1272 - Death of King Henry III

On 16th November 1272 [her father] King Henry III of England [aged 65] died at Westminster [Map]. His son [her brother] Edward [aged 33] succeeded I King of England. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 31] by marriage Queen Consort England.

Coronation of King Edward I

On 19th August 1274 [her brother] King Edward I of England [aged 35] was crowned I King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 33] was crowned Queen Consort England.

[her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 32] and Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 33] attended.

On 26th February 1275 Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 34] died at Cupar Castle, Cupar. She was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].

On 15th October 1285 [her former husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 44] and Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux [aged 36]. He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and [her former mother-in-law] Marie Coucy. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 19th March 1286 [her former husband] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 44] died from a fall from a horse at Kinghorn Ness while riding in the dark to visit the Queen [aged 22] at Kinghorn in Fife because it was her birthday the next day. His granddaughter Margaret [aged 2] succeeded I Queen Scotland.