Dunfermline Abbey
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Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sac
Dunfermline Abbey from Pittencrieff Park
Nave from the reign of King David I
Engraving of Dunfermline Abbey and Mill by James Fittler in Scotia Depicta
Ruined Refectory
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
Dunfermline Abbey
…old abbey church continued in use at that time and some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain. The Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity and St Margaret, was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier priory dating back to the reign of his father…
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)