When Margaret of Denmark Queen of Scotland was born on 23 June 1456, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark, her father, King Christian I von Oldenburg King of Denmark, Count of Oldenburg, was 30 and her mother, Dorothea of Brandenburg, was 26. She married James III King of Scotland on 13 July 1469, in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 14 July 1486, in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 30, and was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
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An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMargaret was betrothed to James of Scotland in 1460. The marriage was arranged by recommendation of the king of France to end the feud between Denmark and Scotland about the taxation of the Hebrides i …
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