t. Margaret (?1045-93), queen of Scotland,
born in Hungary, the daughter of Edward the Exile of England.
Margaret did much to civilize Scotland by introducing various
religious customs, the observance of Sunday, and stricter
marriage laws; while her charity to the poor was unbounded. She
was canonized (1250). [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]
Came to England after the Norman Conquest. Her Father acquired land in the N. Daughter of Edward Atheling and sister of Edgar Atheling, who had fled with his sisters from Northumberland to Scotland. Young, lovely, learned and pious she won the heart of the rude Scots King. She did much to civilise the realm and to assimilate the Celtic Church to the rest of Christendom. She refounded Iona. She was canonised by Pope Innocent IV in 1251. {Burke’s Peerage} [GADD.GED]
