Edgar, King of Scotland

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King of Scotland human medieval monarch

Edgar, King of Scotland was a late 11th-century Scottish monarch from the House of Dunkeld who ruled after the turbulent reigns of his father Malcolm III and brother Donald III, helping to stabilize the kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Edgar of Scotland	14
Edgar (no regnal number used in Scotland)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Scotland ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ court at Edinburgh ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1074 ⓘ
burialPlace	Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes (traditionally assumed) ⓘ
children	none known ⓘ
conflict	struggle for the Scottish throne against Donald III ⓘ
coronationPlace	Scone, Perthshire, Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scone, Scotland
coRulerOrRival	Donald III of Scotland ⓘ
countryRuled	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate	8 January 1107 ⓘ
deathPlace	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland
dynasty	Dunkeld dynasty ⓘ
era	early 12th century ⓘ late 11th century ⓘ
father	Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
fullName	Edgar, King of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edgar of Scotland
house	House of Dunkeld ⓘ
languageContext	ruled a kingdom where Gaelic, Old English, and Norse influences coexisted ⓘ
maritalStatus	never married ⓘ
mother	Margaret of Wessex ⓘ
notableAct	confirmed and protected the reforms associated with Queen Margaret ⓘ granted lands and privileges to religious houses ⓘ
notableFor	relatively peaceful reign compared to predecessors ⓘ transition figure between older Gaelic kingship and more Anglo-Norman influences ⓘ
parentOf	none ⓘ
policy	helped stabilize the Scottish kingdom after civil conflict ⓘ maintained peace with the Kingdom of England ⓘ
predecessor	Donald III of Scotland ⓘ
regnalNumber	Edgar, King of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edgar (no regnal number used in Scotland)
reignEnd	1107 ⓘ
reignStart	1097 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling	Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ David I of Scotland ⓘ Edgar Ætheling ⓘ surface form: Edgar Ætheling (nephew, not sibling) Edmund of Scotland ⓘ Indulf of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Ethelred of Scotland Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland) ⓘ surface form: Matilda of Scotland
successor	Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ
supportedBy	Norman and Anglo-Norman allies ⓘ William II of England ⓘ
title	King of Scots ⓘ