Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.

Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.



Biography of Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland 1283-1290

Paternal Family Tree: Sverre

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252

On 31st August 1281 [her father] Eric II King Norway (age 13) and [her mother] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 20) were married at Bergen. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Alexander III of Scotland (age 39) and [her grandmother] Margaret Queen of Scotland. He the son of [her grandfather] King Magnus VI of Norway and [her grandmother] Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 37). They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 9th April 1283 Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland was born to Eric II King Norway (age 15) and Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 22) at Tønsberg. Her mother died in childbirth and was buried at Tønsberg. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 19th March 1286 [her grandfather] King Alexander III of Scotland (age 44) died at Kinghorn Ness. His granddaughter Margaret (age 2) succeeded I Queen Scotland.

On 26th September 1290 Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland (age 7) died at St Margaret's Hope.

In 1293 [her father] Eric II King Norway (age 25) and [her step-mother] Isabel Bruce Queen Norway (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Norway. She the daughter of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 49) and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick. He the son of [her grandfather] King Magnus VI of Norway and [her grandmother] Queen Ingeborg of Norway.

Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland 1283-1290 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland 1283-1290

Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland 1283-1290

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Haakon IV of Norway

GrandFather: King Magnus VI of Norway

Father: Eric II King Norway

Great x 4 Grandfather: Canute Lavard

Great x 3 Grandfather: Valdemar "Great" I King Denmark

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Valdemar II of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia of Minsk

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Eric IV of Denmark

GrandMother: Queen Ingeborg of Norway

Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Albert I of Saxony

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jutta of Saxony

Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Alexander II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Fitzroy Viscountess Beaumont Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucie Aigle Viscountess

GrandFather: King Alexander III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency

Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix II Dreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Coucy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy

Mother: Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay

GrandMother: Margaret Queen of Scotland Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy