Margaret, Maid of Norway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Queen of Scotland
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Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
About Margaret, Maid of Norway
- Margaret (Norwegian: Margrete, Margareta; March/April 1283 – September 1290), known as the Maid of Norway, was the queen-designate of Scotland from 1286 until her death.
- She was the daughter of King Eric II of Norway and Margaret of Scotland.
- By the end of the reign of her maternal grandfather, King Alexander III of Scotland, she was his only surviving descendant and recognized heir presumptive.
- Alexander III died in 1286, his posthumous child was stillborn, and Margaret inherited the crown.
- Owing to her young age, she remained in Norway rather than going to Scotland.
- Her father and the Scottish leaders negotiated her marriage to Edward of Caernarfon, son of King Edward I of England.
- She was finally sent to the British Isles in September 1290, but died in Orkney, sparking off the succession dispute between thirteen competitors for the crown of Scotland.
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