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Biography of Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland 1456-1486

Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg

On 28 Oct 1449 [her father] Christian I King Denmark (age 23) and [her mother] Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 18) were married.

On 23 Jun 1456 Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland was born to Christian I King Denmark (age 30) and Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 25).

In Jul 1469 King James III of Scotland (age 17) and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland (age 13) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Christian I King Denmark (age 43) and Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 38). He the son of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 17 Mar 1473 [her son] King James IV of Scotland was born to [her husband] King James III of Scotland (age 21) and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland (age 16) at Stirling Castle [Map].

In Mar 1476 [her son] James Stewart 1st Duke Ross was born to [her husband] King James III of Scotland (age 24) and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland (age 19).

Before 1477 [her brother-in-law] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 22) and Catherine Sinclair Duchess Albany (age 36) were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. The marriage was subsequently regarded as illegitimate. She the daughter of William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness (age 66) and Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney and Caithness. He the son of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1479 [her brother-in-law] John Stewart 1st Earl Mar (age 23) died.

On 16 Jan 1479 [her brother-in-law] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 25) and Anne de la Tour Auvergne Duchess Albany were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. She the daughter of Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne (age 62) and Louise de La Trémoïlle. He the son of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In Dec 1479 [her son] John Stewart 1st Earl Mar was born to [her husband] King James III of Scotland (age 28) and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland (age 23) at Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline.

On 21 May 1481 [her father] Christian I King Denmark (age 55) died. His son [her brother] John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 26) succeeded King Denmark. Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

On 07 Aug 1485 [her brother-in-law] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 31) was killed in a duel with Louis XII King France (age 23), possibly at a tournament. His son John Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 1) succeeded 2nd Duke Albany.

On 14 Jul 1486 Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland (age 30) died.

Battle of Sauchieburn

On 11 Jun 1488 [her former husband] King James III of Scotland (age 36) was killed in action or attempting to escape, at the Battle of Sauchieburn. His son [her son] King James IV of Scotland (age 15) succeeded IV King Scotland.

Royal Descendants of Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland 1456-1486

King James IV of Scotland

Ancestors of Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland 1456-1486

Father: Christian I King Denmark

GrandMother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland

Mother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

GrandMother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg