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)
David I of Scotland
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David I was King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. He was previously Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124. The youngest son of King Malcolm III and Queen Margaret, David spent most of his childhood
Saint Margaret of Scotland
…Mary (1082–1116), countess of Boulogne David I (c. 1084 – 24 May 1153), king of Scotland, reigned 1124–53 Turgot of Durham, Bishop of St Andrews, became close to the Scottish court and a friend and…
Malcolm IV, King of Scotland, charter to Kelso Abbey, 1159, initial
King Henry I of England, drawn by Matthew Paris. Henry's policy in northern Britain and the Irish Sea region essentially made David's political life.
The ruins of Kinloss Abbey in Moray, founded by David in 1150 for a colony of Melrose Cistercians.
King Stephen drawn by Matthew Paris. David used Stephen's "usurpation" as his casus belli with England, even if it was not the actual reason.