House Plantagenet Mother Eleanor of Provence Siblings Beatrice of England | Father Henry III of England Name Margaret England | |
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Tenure 26 December 1251 – 26 February 1275 Born 29 September 1240
Windsor Castle ( 1240-09-29 ) Burial Dunfermline Abbey, Fife Issue
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Alexander, Prince of Scotland Died February 26, 1275, Cupar Castle Spouse Alexander III of Scotland (m. 1251) Children Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, Alexander, Prince of Scotland Parents Henry III of England, Eleanor of Provence Similar People Henry III of England, Alexander III of Scotland, Eleanor of Provence, Margaret - Maid of Norway, Yolande of Dreux - Queen of | ||
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Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275) was Queen of Scots as the wife of King Alexander III.
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Life
Margaret was the second child of King Henry III of England and his wife, Eleanor of Provence, and was born at Windsor Castle. Margaret’s first appearance in historical record comes when she was three years old.
She was married on 26 December 1251, when she was 11 years old, at York Minster, to King Alexander III of Scotland, who was 10 years of age. The couple had three children:
Margaret is said to have been unhappy in Scotland, and created some tensions between England and Scotland by writing to her family in England that she was poorly treated in Scotland.
It was said that Margaret was responsible for the death of a young courtier, who reputedly had killed her uncle Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. While walking along the River Tay, she became annoyed with the young man. She jokingly pushed him into the river, but he was swept to his death by a powerful current before anyone could help.
Margaret died on 26 February 1275 at Cupar Castle, and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife.