Paternal Family Tree: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
In or before 1045 [her father] Edward "The Exile" Wessex [aged 28] and [her mother] Agatha were married. He the son of [her grandfather] King Edmund "Ironside" I of England and [her grandmother] Ealdgyth Unknown.
Around 1045 Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland was born to Edward "The Exile" Wessex [aged 29] and Agatha.
Flowers of History by Roger of Wendover 1057. 1057. Eadward king of England [aged 54], being advanced in years, sent Aldred bishop of Worcester into Hungary, and recalled thence [her father] Eadward [aged 41], son of [her grandfather] king Eadmund his brother, with the intention of making him his successor. Eadward came accordingly, with his son Eadgar [aged 6] and his daughters Margaret [aged 12] and Christina, but died not long after his arrival in the city of London, leaving the king the charge of his son Eadgar and his daughters before mentioned.
On 19th April 1057 [her father] Edward "The Exile" Wessex [aged 41] died.
On 16th March 1058 Lulach King Scotland died. [her future husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 26] succeeded III King Scotland.
Before 1060 [her future husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 28] and Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King Duncan I of Scotland and Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.
On 15th October 1066 [her brother] King Edgar Ætheling II of England [aged 15] was appointed II King of England.
Flowers of History. Before 25th December 1066. And as they all fled to [her future husband] Malcolm, king of Scotland [aged 35], they were all honourably received by him. Then also, [her brother] Edgar Atheling [aged 15], the legitimate heir of the kingdom of England, seeing his country plundered and disturbed on all sides, embarked on board ship with his mother Agatha, and his sisters Margaret [aged 21] and Christina [aged 9], and endeavoured to return into Hungary, where he had been born; but, a tempest arising, he was compelled to land on the coast of Scotland. And, in consequence of the occasion thus offered, it came to pass that Margaret was given as a bride to King Malcolm, whose exemplary life and virtuous death are plainly set forth in a book specially composed on that subject. But his sister Christina became a nun, and deserves our benediction as one who was married for ever to a heavenly bridegroom.
Flowers of History. Before 25th December 1066. Queen Margaret [aged 21] had six sons and two daughters, three of whom, namely, Edgar, Alexander, and David, became kings, as they were entitled to by the nobility of their family, and through them the noble blood of the kings of England, who were expelled from their own proper territories by the Normans, devolved upon the kings of Scotland.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1067. This summer the child Edgar [aged 16] departed, with his mother Agatha, and his two sisters, Margaret [aged 22] and Christina [aged 10], and Merle-Sweyne, and many good men with them; and came to Scotland under the protection of King Malcolm [aged 35], who entertained them all. Then began King Malcolm to yearn after the child's sister, Margaret, to wife; but he and all his men long refused; and she also herself was averse, and said that she would neither have him nor any one else, if the Supreme Power would grant, that she in her maidenhood might please the mighty Lord with a carnal heart, in this short life, in pure continence. The king, however, earnestly urged her brother, until he answered Yea. And indeed he durst not otherwise; for they were come into his kingdom. So that then it was fulfilled, as God had long ere foreshowed; and else it could not be; as he himself saith in his gospel: that "not even a sparrow on the ground may fall, without his foreshowing." The prescient Creator wist long before what he of her would have done; for that she should increase the glory of God in this land, lead the king aright from the path of error, bend him and his people together to a better way, and suppress the bad customs which the nation formerly followed: all which she afterwards did. The king therefore received her, though it was against her will, and was pleased with her manners, and thanked God, who in his might had given him such a match. He wisely bethought himself, as he was a prudent man, and turned himself to God, and renounced all impurity; accordingly, as the apostle Paul, the teacher of all the gentries, saith: "Salvabitur vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem; sic et mulier infidelis per virum fidelem," etc.: that is in our language, "Full oft the unbelieving husband is sanctified and healed through the believing wife, and so belike the wife through the believing husband." This queen aforesaid performed afterwards many useful deeds in this land to the glory of God, and also in her royal estate she well conducted herself, as her nature was. Of a faithful and noble kin was she sprung. Her father was Edward Etheling, son of King Edmund. Edmund was the son of Ethelred; Ethelred the son of Edgar; Edgar the son of Edred; and so forth in that royal line: and her maternal kindred goeth to the Emperor Henry, who had the sovereignty over Rome. This year went out Githa, Harold's mother, and the wives of many good men with her, to the Flat-Holm, and there abode some time; and so departed thence over sea to St. Omer's.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1068. After Easter [23rd March], the countess Matilda [aged 37] came to England from Normandy, and was crowned queen by Aldred, archbishop of York, on Whitsunday [1lth May]. After this, Mariesweyn and Cospatric, and some of the most noble of the Northumbrian nation, in order to escape the king's tyranny, and fearing that, like others, they might be thrown into prison, took with them [her brother] Edgar [aged 17] the etheling, with his mother Agatha and his two sisters, Margaret [aged 23] and Christina [aged 11], and, embarking for Scotland, wintered there under favour of Malcolm [aged 36], king of Scots. Meanwhile, king William [aged 40] marched his army to Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [Map], and, having fortified the castle there, proceeded to York [Map], where he erected two strong forts, and having stationed in them five hundred men, he gave orders that strong castles should be built at Lincoln, Lincolnshire [Map] and other places.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Before 1070 King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 38] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King Duncan I of Scotland and Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.
Around 1070 [her son] Edmund Dunkeld was born to [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 38] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 25].
Around 1074 [her son] King Edgar I of Scotland was born to [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 42] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 29].
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1074. This year King William [aged 46] went over sea to Normandy; and child [her brother] Edgar [aged 23] came from Flanders into Scotland on St. Grimbald's mass-day; where [her husband] King Malcolm [aged 42] and his sister Margaret [aged 29] received him with much pomp. At the same time sent Philip, the King of France [aged 21], a letter to him, bidding him to come to him, and he would give him the castle of Montreuil [Map]; that he might afterwards daily annoy his enemies. What then? King Malcolm and his sister Margaret gave him and his men great presents, and many treasures; in skins ornamented with purple, in pelisses made of martin-skins, of grey-skins, and of ermine-skins, in palls, and in vessels of gold and silver; and conducted him and his crew with great pomp from his territory. But in their voyage evil befel them; for when they were out at sea, there came upon them such rough weather, and the stormy sea and the strong wind drove them so violently on the shore, that all their ships burst, and they also themselves came with difficulty to the land. Their treasure was nearly all lost, and some of his men also were taken by the French; but he himself and his best men returned again to Scotland, some roughly travelling on foot, and some miserably mounted. Then King Malcolm advised him to send to King William over sea, to request his friendship, which he did; and the king gave it him, and sent after him. Again, therefore, King Malcolm and his sister gave him and all his men numberless treasures, and again conducted him very magnificently from their territory. The sheriff of York came to meet him at Durham, and went all the way with him; ordering meat and fodder to be found for him at every castle to which they came, until they came over sea to the king. Then King William received him with much pomp; and he was there afterwards in his court, enjoying such rights as he confirmed to him by law.
Around 1078 [her son] King Alexander I of Scotland was born to [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 46] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 33]. He married Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland.
Around 1080 [her daughter] Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 48] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 35] at Dunfermline [Map]. She married 11th November 1100 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England, son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England, and had issue.
In 1082 [her daughter] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne was born to [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 50] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 37]. She married 1087 her half sixth cousin Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne, son of Eustace II Count Boulogne and Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne, and had issue.
Around 1084 [her son] King David I of Scotland was born to [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 52] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 39]. He married after 1111 Maud Queen Consort Scotland, daughter of Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon, and had issue.
Around 1087 [her son-in-law] Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne [aged 5] were married. She the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 55] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 42]. He the son of Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 72] and Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne [aged 47]. They were half sixth cousins.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1093. In this year, during Lent, was the King William [aged 37] at Glocester so sick, that he was by all reported dead. And in his illness he made many good promises to lead his own life aright; to grant peace and protection to the churches of God, and never more again with fee to sell; to have none but righteous laws amongst his people. The archbishopric of Canterbury, that before remained in his own hand, he transferred to Anselm [aged 60], who was before Abbot of Bec; to Robert his chancellor the bishopric of Lincoln; and to many minsters he gave land; but that he afterwards took away, when he was better, and annulled all the good laws that he promised us before. Then after this sent the King of Scotland, and demanded the fulfilment of the treaty that was promised him. And the King William cited him to Glocester, and sent him hostages to Scotland; and Edgar Etheling [aged 42], afterwards, and the men returned, that brought him with great dignity to the king. But when he came to the king, he could not be considered worthy either of our king's speech, or of the conditions that were formerly promised him. For this reason therefore they parted with great dissatisfaction, and the King Malcolm [aged 61] returned to Scotland. And soon after he came home, he gathered his army, and came harrowing into England with more hostility than behoved him; and Robert, the Earl of Northumberland, surrounded him unawares with his men, and slew him. Morel of Barnborough slew him, who was the earl's steward, and a baptismal friend115 of King Malcolm. With him was also slain Edward his son; who after him should have been king, if he had lived. When the good Queen Margaret [aged 48] heard this-her most beloved lord and son thus betrayed she was in her mind almost distracted to death. She with her priests went to church, and performed her rites, and prayed before God, that she might give up the ghost. And the Scots then chose116 Dufenal to king, Malcolm's brother, and drove out all the English that formerly were with the King Malcolm. When Duncan, King Malcolm's son, heard all that had thus taken place (he was then in the King William's court, because his father had given him as a hostage to our king's father, and so he lived here afterwards), he came to the king, and did such fealty as the king required at his hands; and so with his permission went to Scotland, with all the support that he could get of English and French, and deprived his uncle Dufenal of the kingdom, and was received as king. But the Scots afterwards gathered some force together, and slew full nigh all his men; and he himself with a few made his escape.117 Afterwards they were reconciled, on the condition that he never again brought into the land English or French.
Note 115. Literally a "gossip"; but such are the changes which words undergo in their meaning as well as in their form, that a title of honour formerly implying a spiritual relationship in God, is now applied only to those whose conversation resembles the contemptible tittle-tattle of a Christening.
Note 116. From this expression it is evident, that though preference was naturally and properly given to hereditary claims, the monarchy of Scotland, as well as of England, was in principle "elective". The doctrine of hereditary, of divine, of indefeasible "right", is of modern growth.
Around 1093 [her son] Ethelred Dunkeld died.
On 13th November 1093 the Battle of Alnwick was fought at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map] between the forces of [her husband] King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 62] and Robert de Mowbray 1st Earl Northumbria.
King Malcolm III of Scotland was killed at The Peth Alnwick [Map]. His succeeded son [her step-son] Duncan [aged 33] succeeded II King Scotland. He died a year minus day later.
Malcolm's son Edward Dunkeld was killed.
Edward Dunkeld: he was born to King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland. On 16th November 1093 Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland died three days after her husband King Malcolm III of Scotland and her son Edward Dunkeld were killed at the Battle of Alnwick.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. [her husband] Malcolm, king of the Scots [aged 62], and his eldest son, Edward Dunkeld, with many others, were slain by the troops of Robert, earl of Northumbria, on the feast-day of St. Brice [13th November 1093]1. Margaret [aged 48], queen of the Scots, was so deeply affected by the news of their death, that she fell dangerously ill. Calling the priests to attend her without delay, she went into the church, and confessing her sins to them, caused herself to be anointed with oil and strengthened with the heavenly viaticum; beseeching God with earnest and diligent prayers that he would not suffer her to live longer in this troublesome world. Nor was it very long before her prayers were heard, for three days after the king's death she was released from the bonds of the flesh, and translated, as we doubt not, to the joys of eternal salvation. For while she lived, she devoted herself to the exercise of piety, justice, peace, and charity; she was frequent in prayer, and chastened her body by watchings and fastings; she endowed churches and monasteries; loved and reverenced the servants and handmaids of God; broke bread to the hungry, clothed the naked, gave shelter, food, and raiment to all the pilgrims who came to her door; and loved God with all her heart2.
Note 1. Cf. Ordericus Vitalis, vol. ii., p. 11.
Note 2. Ibid, pp. 12, 13.
On 16th November 1093 Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 48] died three days after her husband King Malcolm III of Scotland [deceased] and her son Edward Dunkeld were killed at the Battle of Alnwick.
On 5th August 1103 [her grandson] William Adelin Duke Normandy was born to [her son-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 35] and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England [aged 23]. The name Adelin an Anglo-Saxon term meaning Noble, or Prince, reflecting his mother's descent from the House of Wessex (her mother was Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland ). He married 1119 his fourth cousin once removed Matilda of Anjou, daughter of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou.
[her son] Ethelred Dunkeld was born to King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland.
[her son] Edward Dunkeld was born to King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland.
Kings Wessex: Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [6]
King Alexander I of Scotland [1]
Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England [1]
Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal [1]
Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [1]
Margaret of France Queen Consort England [1]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [2]
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [1]
Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [1]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [1]
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [1]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [2]
Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [2]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [1]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [6]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [1]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [4]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [10]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [8]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [12]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [11]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [20]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [1]
Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [15]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [24]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [24]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [6]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [8]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [8]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [5]
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]
Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [1]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [12]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [12]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [15]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [8]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [12]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [34]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [12]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [42]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [12]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [24]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [24]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [24]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [18]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [12]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [18]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [26]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [14]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [26]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [36]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [26]
Frederick William III King Prussia [12]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [26]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [24]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [40]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [26]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [66]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [76]
King Christian IX of Denmark [39]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [52]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [63]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [144]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [144]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [36]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [72]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [76]
Constantine I King Greece [39]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [105]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [180]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [216]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [170]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [255]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]
Constantine II King Hellenes [2]
Carl XVI King Sweden [355]
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edmund I of England Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eadgifu Kent Queen Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edgar I of England Son of King Edmund I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Æthelred II of England Son of King Edgar I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ordgar Earldorman Devon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aelfthryth Queen Consort England
GrandFather: King Edmund "Ironside" I of England Son of King Æthelred II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thored Northumbria
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England
Father: Edward "The Exile" Wessex Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
GrandMother: Ealdgyth Unknown
Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Mother: Agatha