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Comment by Sharron Gunn on November 18th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Dear Staff,
In the following text Queen Margaret, wife of Malcolm, later canonised, was confused with Margaret the ‘Maid of Norway’:
‘Malcolm III married Margaret, the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the deposed Anglo-Saxon
claimant to the throne of England. Margaret, known as the “Maid of Norway,” played
a major role in reducing the influence of Celtic Christianity. When her youngest son
David I later succeeded … ‘
They were two different people.
Queen and Saint Margaret lived from approximately AD 1045 until 1093:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Margaret_of_Scotland
The Maid of Norway, the granddaughter of Alexander III of Scotland, lived from 1283 until 1290; her death resulted in a profusion of heirs and ultimately the Scottish Wars of Independence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret,_Maid_of_Norway
Sharron Gunn
MA (Hons) Scottish History & Celtic Studies
University of Glasgow
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on November 19th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Thank you for your feedback about the Margarets.
The article will be revised to correct the confusion.
Thank you again for your help in improving New World Encyclopedia.
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