[MR] Wikipedia: Death of Saint Margaret of Scotland

[Catherine Windsor]

Greetings all,

In Edinburgh Castle on the very top of Castle Rock sits a tiny chapel dedicated to Saint Margaret. At most probably no more than twenty people fit inside. The chapel is unadorned with whitewashed walls. 

As a side note, only those who have served, or are currently serving, in one of the Scottish regiments are allowed be married there. 

In service,
Baroness Julia Windsor

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> On Nov 16, 2022, at 5:35 AM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford via Atlantia <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org> wrote:
> 
> Noble Friends, Especially Scots and Saxons:
> 
> On this day in 1093, the most remarkable Queen Consort of Scotland,
> Margaret of Wessex, died.
> 
> Margaret was the daughter of Edward the Exile and a Hungarian (or German)
> noble woman, Agatha. Her father was recalled as the possible successor to
> English King Edward the Confessor. Edward the Exile was dead two days after
> he returned to England in 1057, probably assassinated.
> 
> When William the Conqueror won the English throne at the Battle of
> Hastings, Margaret's family fled to northern England. After a failed
> uprising by the Saxon barons in 1068, the family took a ship for the
> continent and an eventual return to Hungary. The ship was blown off course
> and made landfall in Scotland. The refugees were given protection by King
> of Scots, Malcolm III (yes, of Shakespeare fame), and he and Margaret
> married in 1070.
> 
> Malcolm gave Queen Margaret a free hand in religious matters. She is
> credited with reforming the rather backward Scottish church, and bringing
> it into alignment with Rome. She was also personally pious, and personally
> fed beggars, orphans and the poor.
> 
> She is incorrectly credited with founding the Queen's Ferry, which operated
> across the Firth of Forth. The ferry was already there, but Margaret built
> hostels on both banks for pilgrims headed to St. Andrews Cathedral, and
> talked Malcolm into making the ferry free to pilgrims.
> 
> Queen Margaret was already near death in 1093 when she learned Malcolm and
> their eldest son Edward had been killed at the Battle of Alnwick on 13
> November. She too passed away hours later, and was buried in
> Dunfirmline Abbey, her favorite church.
> 
> For her piety and service to the church, plus posthumus miracles, Margaret
> was canonized in 1249 or 1259.
> 
> More about Queen Margaret is at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Margaret_of_Scotland .
> 
> Yours Aye,
> 
> 
> Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆
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