Margaret (Dunkeld) Queen consort of Norway (1261 - 1283)

Born 28 Feb 1261 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Eirik (Magnusson) King of Norway — married 31 Aug 1281 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Died 12 Apr 1283 at age 22 in Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway

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Biography

House of Dunkeld

Birth

Margaret Dunkeld was born on 28 Feb 1261 at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, the daughter of Alexander III, King of Scots and his first wife, Margaret Plantagenet, Queen consort of Scots, daughter of Henry III, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Aquitane and his wife, Eléonore de Provence, Queen consort of England, niece of Edward I, King of England. ^[1][2][3]

She married on 31 Aug 1281 as his first wife, Erik II, King of Norway ^[1][2][4] "and was crowned, at Bergen, in August 1281." ^[3]

Children of Erik II, King of Norway and Margaret Margaret, Queen consort of Norway

1. Margrete Eriksdatter, born before 12 Apr 1283 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; succeeded Alexander III (Dunkeld) King of Scots, as Margrete, Queen of Scots (aged 3 years); betrothed by Treaty of Marriage (aged about 7 years) to Edward (later Edward II), aged about 6 years, the eldest son of Edward I, king of England; died on 26 Sep 1290 in the Norwegian Jarldom of Orkney. ^{[1][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Death

Margaret, Queen consort of Norway died in childbirth on 12 Apr 1283 at Tønsberg, Norway, and was buried at Christ Kirk, Bergen, Norway. ^[1][2][11]

Research Notes

1. Please refer to Scotland Project - Reliable Sources for pre-1500 profiles, # https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Scotland_-_Reliable_Sources.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Richardson, Douglas,Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, 595.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, (Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006) Chapter 3. KINGS of SCOTLAND (DUNKELD), B. KINGS OF SCOTLAND 1034-1290, ALEXANDER of Scotland, 1. Alexander, a) MARGARET.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), 94-102.
4. ↑ Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland 1214-1371, The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, Volume 4 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004), 67, 140.
5. ↑ Duncan, A. A. M. Margaret called the Maid of Norway. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2004), Maid of Norway.
6. ↑ Helle, Knut. Norwegian Foreign Policy and the Maid of Norway. The Scottish Historical Review 69, no. 188 (1990): 142–56. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25530460.
7. ↑ Reid, N., Margaret "Maid of Norway'"and Scottish queenship, in Reading Medieval Studies. Reading, (UK: University of Reading,1982), Vol. 8, 1982, 75-94, https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/85009/.
8. ↑ Hodgson, John. A history of Northumberland, in three parts. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: E. Walker (1840), 8.
9. ↑ Nicholson, Ranald. Scotland. The Later Middle Ages. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (1974), vol. 2, 2., citing, “The stormy night that saw the death of King Alexander left the infant Maid as the sole surviving descendant in the direct line of the ancient royal dynasty.”
10. ↑ Anderson, Alan Orr. Early Sources of Scottish History. Edinburgh, London: Oliver and Boyd (1922/1990), Vol. 2, 694-696].
11. ↑ Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland 1214-1371, The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, Volume 4 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004), 160.

See also:

• Anderson, Marjorie O[gilvie]. Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland. (Edinburgh: Berlinn, 1973), 76.
• Bjørgo, Narve, 800-1536. Power and powerlessness [Makt-og avmakt], In: Narve Bjørgo, Øystein Arian and Alf Kaartvedt: Norwegian foreign policy history [Norsk utenrikspolitikks historie], 1:17-132, (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1995).
• Helle, Knut, King and good men in Norwegian government ca. 1150-1319 [Konge og gode menn i norsk riksstyring ca. 1150–1319], (Oslo, Bergen: Tromsø. University Press, 1972).
• Imsen, Steinar, Our queens: from Ragnhild Eiriksdatter to Sonja, [Våre dronninger] (Cappelen Damm AS, 1991), Language: Norwegian Bokmål.
• Koht, Halvdan, Norwegian queens [Norske dronningar], (Oslo: Samlaget, 1926).
• Wikipedia contributors, House of Dunkeld, (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2023), House of Dunkeld.
• Wikipedia contributors, List of Norwegian royal consorts, (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2023, List of Norwegian royal consorts.