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|SaintName=Saint Margaret of Scotland | |SaintName=Saint Margaret of Scotland | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 16 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Presburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) | |SaintBirthPlace=Presburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=48.1486, 17.1077 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=48.1486, 17.1077 | ||
|DeathPlace=Edinburgh Castle, Kingdom of Scotland | |DeathPlace=Edinburgh Castle, Kingdom of Scotland | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=55.8488, -3.2038 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=55.8488, -3.2038 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=American parish and shrine with relics | |NotableLabel3=American parish and shrine with relics | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=38.9333, -76.9500 | |NotableCoordinates3=38.9333, -76.9500 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Scotland; Hungary; Slovakia | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Pope Innocent IV | |Canonizer=Pope Innocent IV | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Preservation of her gospel book from drowning in a river | |SaintMiracle1=Preservation of her gospel book from drowning in a river | ||
|Profession=queen consort | |Profession=queen consort | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Roman Catholic Church | |ReligiousAffiliation=Roman Catholic Church | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Dunfermline Abbey, United Kingdom | |PrimaryShrine=Dunfermline Abbey, United Kingdom | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Anglican Communion | |AdditionalVeneration=Anglican Communion | ||
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'''Saint Margaret of Scotland''' (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), also known as '''Saint Margaret of Wessex''', was a Scottish queen consort and a devoted Christian known for her piety, charity, and efforts to reform the Scottish Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09733b.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Margaret of Scotland |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical records, including the 12th-century ''Life of St Margaret'' by Turgot, she was born in Hungary as Princess Margaret of Wessex to English exiles Edward the Exile and Agatha, arriving in Scotland in 1068 as a refugee from the Norman Conquest, where she married King Malcolm III in 1070, bearing eight children, including future kings Edgar, Alexander I, and David I.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Wessex |title=Margaret of Wessex |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Her marriage bridged Anglo-Saxon and Scottish cultures, and she promoted Roman liturgical practices, founding churches and aiding the poor, dying shortly after Malcolm's death at the Battle of Alnwick. | '''Saint Margaret of Scotland''' (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), also known as '''Saint Margaret of Wessex''', was a Scottish queen consort and a devoted Christian known for her piety, charity, and efforts to reform the Scottish Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09733b.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Margaret of Scotland |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical records, including the 12th-century ''Life of St Margaret'' by Turgot, she was born in Hungary as Princess Margaret of Wessex to English exiles Edward the Exile and Agatha, arriving in Scotland in 1068 as a refugee from the Norman Conquest, where she married King Malcolm III in 1070, bearing eight children, including future kings Edgar, Alexander I, and David I.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Wessex |title=Margaret of Wessex |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Her marriage bridged Anglo-Saxon and Scottish cultures, and she promoted Roman liturgical practices, founding churches and aiding the poor, dying shortly after Malcolm's death at the Battle of Alnwick. | ||