Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland)

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House of Dunkeld human medieval noblewoman queen consort

Edith of Scotland, later known as Queen Matilda, was the daughter of King Malcolm III and Saint Margaret of Scotland who became the influential first wife of King Henry I of England.

Aliases (2)

Edith of Scotland ×49
Matilda of Scotland ×13

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of Dunkeld → human → medieval noblewoman → queen consort →
alsoKnownAs	Good Queen Maud → Matilda of Scotland →
associatedWith	Anglo-Norman court → reform of royal household customs →
birthDate	c. 1080 →
birthPlace	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
canonizationStatus	venerated but not canonized as a saint →
causeOfDeath	illness (unspecified in contemporary sources) →
child	Empress Matilda → William Adelin →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland →
deathDate	1 May 1118 →
deathPlace	Westminster Palace, London, England →
educatedAt	Romsey Abbey → Wilton Abbey →
endTime	1118 →
era	High Middle Ages →
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Saxon → Scottish →
father	Malcolm III of Scotland →
givenName	Edith →
marriageDate	11 November 1100 →
marriagePlace	Westminster Abbey →
monarchConsortOf	Kingdom of England →
mother	Saint Margaret of Scotland →
motherTongue	Old English →
nobleFamily	House of Dunkeld →
notableFor	charitable works and piety → influential role as queen consort of Henry I of England → patronage of the Church →
positionHeld	Queen consort of England →
predecessor	Matilda of Flanders →
regnalName	Matilda →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Dunfermline Abbey → Westminster Palace →
sibling	Alexander I of Scotland → David I of Scotland → Edgar of Scotland →
spouse	Henry I of England →
startTime	1100 →
successor	Adeliza of Louvain →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander I of Scotland ("Matilda of Scotland") → David I of Scotland ("Matilda of Scotland") → Edgar, King of Scotland ("Matilda of Scotland") → Edmund of Scotland ("Matilda of Scotland") → Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret ("Matilda of Scotland") → Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld ("Matilda of Scotland") → Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne ("Matilda of Scotland") →	sibling
Malcolm III of Scotland ("Matilda of Scotland") → Margaret of Wessex ("Edith of Scotland") → Queen Margaret of Scotland ("Edith of Scotland") → St. Margaret of Scotland →	child
Cristina of England ("Matilda of Scotland") → Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne ("Matilda of Scotland") →	notableRelative
Edith of Scotland ("Matilda of Scotland") →	alsoKnownAs
Sybil, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England ("Matilda of Scotland") →	relative
Henry I of England ("Matilda of Scotland") →	spouse