Queen Margaret of Scotland

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Queen Margaret of Scotland was an 11th-century English-born queen consort renowned for her piety, charitable works, and major influence on religious reform and court culture in medieval Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval noblewoman
queen consort
saint
associatedWith Dunfermline Abbey
Edinburgh Castle
burialPlace Dunfermline Abbey
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Innocent IV
child Alexander I of Scotland
David I of Scotland
Edgar, King of Scotland
Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland)
surface form: Edith of Scotland

Edmund of Scotland
Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
dateOfBirth c. 1045
dateOfCanonization 1250
dateOfDeath 16 November 1093
describedBySource St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
surface form: Vita S. Margaritae (Life of St Margaret) by Turgot of Durham
endTime 1093
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
father Edward the Exile
feastDay 10 June (Scotland, some calendars)
16 November
givenName Margaret
mother Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile
notableFor charitable works
influence on Scottish court culture
introducing Roman liturgical practices to Scotland
piety
reforming observance of Lent and Sunday in Scotland
religious reform in Scotland
support of the poor and pilgrims
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
placeOfDeath Edinburgh Castle
positionHeld Queen consort of Scotland
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Dunfermline
sexOrGender female
sibling Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile
Edgar Ætheling
spouse Malcolm III of Scotland
startTime c. 1070
title St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
surface form: Saint Margaret of Scotland
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Dunfermline Abbey burialPlaceOf Queen Margaret of Scotland
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated) fullName Queen Margaret of Scotland
subject surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland
this entity surface form: Margaret of Scotland
Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret monarchMother Queen Margaret of Scotland
this entity surface form: Queen consort Margaret of Scotland
Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret mother Queen Margaret of Scotland
this entity surface form: Margaret of Scotland
North Queensferry namedAfter Queen Margaret of Scotland
Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile notableRelative Queen Margaret of Scotland
this entity surface form: Margaret of Scotland