Saint Margaret of Scotland
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Saint Margaret of Scotland, also known as Margaret of Wessex, was Queen of Alba from 1070 to 1093 as the wife of King Malcolm III. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". She was a memb
St Margaret from a medieval family tree, 13th century
Saint Margaret in a stained-glass window (1922) by Douglas Strachan in St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh
Malcolm greeting Margaret on her arrival in Scotland; detail of a mural (circa 1898) in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery by William Hole
Malcolm and Margaret from the Forman Armorial (1562)
Edward the Exile
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Edward the Exile, also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following the defeat of his father by C
Saint Margaret of Scotland
…sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". She was a member of the House of Wessex and was born in the Kingdom of Hungary to the expatriate English prince Edward the Exile. She and her family returned to England in 1057. Following the death of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, her brother Edgar Ætheling…
Edward the Exile depicted on a medieval genealogical scroll