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Queen Margret (Eiriksdatter) of Scotland

Queen Margret (Eiriksdatter) of Scotland

Female 1283 - 1290  (7 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Margret (Eiriksdatter) of Scotland 
    Prefix Queen 
    Birth 1283 
    Gender Female 
    Death Oct 1290 
    Person ID I78194  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2001 

    Father Erich III Magnusson av Norge, "the Priest-Hater",   b. 1268   d. 13 Jul 1299 (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Margarete of Scotland,   b. 1261   d. 1283 (Age 22 years) 
    Marriage 1282 
    Family ID F2655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family King Edward II Plantagenet,   b. 25 Apr 1284, Carnarvon Castle Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1327, Berkley Castle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Family ID F32328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

  • Notes 
    • When her grandfather died, Princess Margaret, 'the Maid of Norway', was only three years old. The Scottish Parliament appointed six Guardians to rule on her behalf, and on 18 July 1290 the Scots agreed in the Treaty of Birgham (Berwickshire) that she should marry Edward I of England's eldest son, Prince Edward. At the end of September, the eight-year-old Queen set sail for Scotland, escorted by Bishop Narve of Bergen. She was taken ill on the voyage and her ship put in at Orkney, but she died there, in the arms of the Bishop. Her body was taken back to Bergen, where she was buried beside her mother.

      The competitors
      Reports of the death of The Maid plunged Scotland into a complicated dynastic crisis, for there was no obvious heir to the throne. The four surviving Guardians were ruling the country and one of them, William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews, wrote to Edward I of their fears that civil war would ensue, since the rival claimants were already assembling their armies. Edward offered himself as arbitrator, on condition that the various claimants acknowledged him as the feudal superior of Scotland. In the end, thirteen competitors put their names forward, and nine of the thirteen made the acknowledgement required by Edward. They also agreed that possession of the lands and castles of Scotland should be given to him so that he could pass them on to the rightful king, when the choice had been made.
      The thirteen claimants were then reduced to three: John Balliol, Robert Bruce and John Hastings, all of whom were descendants of the three daughters of David, Earl of Huntingdon. After a further period for deliberation, Edward I awarded the crown to John Balliol, the descendant of the Earl's eldest daughter. In law, however, Robert Bruce's claim was equally good because, although he was descended from the second daughter, he was a generation nearer David I (as his grandson).



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