Person Sheet


Name Edgar (later King Scotland), 27G Uncle
Birth abt 1074
Death 8 Jan 1107, Edinburgh Castle
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES
Father King of Scotland, *Malcolm III Caennmor (~1033-1093)
Mother *(Saint) Margaret THE AETHELING (1045-1093)
Spouses:
Unmarried
Notes for Edgar (later King Scotland)
229Edgar (1097-1107)
Born around 1074, Edgar was the fourth son of Malcolm III and St Margaret. He found refuge in England on his father's death and, about 1095, William II of England recognised him as the rightful King of Scots. In return, Edgar agreed to hold Scotland as William's vassal. The following year, an English army helped Edgar to seize the throne from his uncle, Donald III. In 1100, his sister Matilda (Maud) married Henry I of England and so he became the English king's brother-in-law. Edgar's submissive attitude to England and his presentation of the Western Isles to the king of Norway led to his (insulting) nickname 'the Peaceable'. He himself did not marry, and died in Edinburgh Castle on 8 January 1107 aged about 33.
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