Biography of King Edgar I of Scotland 1074-1107

Paternal Family Tree: Dunkeld

Maternal Family Tree: Agatha

1107 King Edgar of Scotland Dies King Alexander I Succeeds

Before 1060 [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 28) and Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [his grandfather] King Duncan I of Scotland and [his grandmother] Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.

Flowers of History. Before 25th December 1066. [his mother] Queen Margaret (age 21) had six sons and two daughters, three of whom, namely, Edgar, [his brother] Alexander, and [his brother] David, became kings, as they were entitled to by the nobility of their family, and through them the noble blood of the kings of England, who were expelled from their own proper territories by the Normans, devolved upon the kings of Scotland.

Before 1070 [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 38) and [his mother] Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland (age 24) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [his grandfather] King Duncan I of Scotland and [his grandmother] Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.

Around 1074 King Edgar I of Scotland was born to [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 42) and [his mother] Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland (age 29).

Around 1087 Eustace II Count Boulogne (age 72) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Eustace succeeded III Count Boulogne. [his sister] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne (age 5) by marriage Countess Boulogne.

Around 1087 [his brother-in-law] Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and [his sister] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne (age 5) were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 55) and [his mother] Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland (age 42). He the son of Eustace II Count Boulogne (age 72) and Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne (age 47). They were half sixth cousins.

Battle of Alnwick

On 13th November 1093 the Battle of Alnwick was fought at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map] between the forces of [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 62) and Robert de Mowbray 1st Earl Northumbria.

King Malcolm III of Scotland was killed at The Peth Alnwick [Map]. His son [his half-brother] Duncan (age 33) succeeded II King Scotland. He died a year minus day later.

Malcolm's son [his brother] Edward Dunkeld was killed.

Edward Dunkeld: he was born to King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland. On 16th November 1093 Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland died three days after her husband King Malcolm III of Scotland and her son Edward Dunkeld were killed at the Battle of Alnwick.

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On 16th November 1093 [his mother] Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland (age 48) died three days after her husband [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland (deceased) and her son [his brother] Edward Dunkeld were killed at the Battle of Alnwick.

1094 Murder of King Duncan

On 12th November 1094 [his half-brother] King Duncan II of Scotland (age 34) ambushed and killed in battle. His uncle [his uncle] Donald (age 62) succeeded III King Scotland.

The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy

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In 1099 [his uncle] King Donald III of Scotland (age 67) died. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map] and subsequently reburied in Iona. His nephew Edgar (age 25) succeeded I King Scotland.

Marriage of Henry I and Matilda

On 11th November 1100, three months after acceeding to the throne, [his brother-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) and [his sister] Matilda of Scotland (age 20) were married. She was crowned Queen Consort England. Baptised Edith she took the regnal name Matilda. The marriage brought together the houses of Normandy and Wessex; she was a great granddaughter of King Edmund I of England. She the daughter of [his father] King Malcolm III of Scotland and [his mother] Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England.

King Edgar of Scotland Dies King Alexander I Succeeds

On 8th January 1107 King Edgar I of Scotland (age 33) died. His brother [his brother] Alexander (age 29) succeeded I King Scotland.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1107. This year died Maurice, Bishop of London, and Robert, Abbot of St. Edmund's bury, and Richard, Abbot of Ely. This year also died the King Edgar in Scotland (age 33), on the ides of January, and [his brother] Alexander (age 29) his brother succeeded to the kingdom, as the [his brother-in-law] King Henry (age 39) granted him.