Queen Margaret - Queens of Scotland

Queens of Scotland

  • Saint Margaret of Scotland, Queen Consort of Malcolm III
  • Margaret of Scotland (Maid of Norway), heiress of Scotland (1286-1290)
  • Margaret Tudor (1489–1541), Queen Consort of James IV (and elder sister of Henry VIII of England). After the death of her husband at the Battle of Flodden she was active in the political machinations that took place during the regency of her son James V.

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