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Between 26 and 29 September 1290
- Having suffered on Orkney for up to a week from either food poisoning or, less likely, motion sickness, Margaret died between 26 and 29 September 1290 in the arms of Bishop Narve.
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Margaret (Norwegian: Margrete, Scottish Gaelic: Maighread; March or April 1283 – September 1290), known as the Maid of Norway, was the queen-designate of Scotland from 1286 until her death. As she was never crowned, her status as monarch is uncertain and has been debated by historians.
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Sep 26, 2015 · The story of Margaret, the Maid of Norway, is short and sad. The little girl died before her 8th birthday, and before she ever set foot in the country of which she was Queen. And her death set into a motion a chain of events that would see Scotland torn apart by war for years to come.
Sep 26, 2023 · Margaret, Maid of Norway, had a short and tragic life. Born in Norway, she was proclaimed Queen of Scotland at age three. Great plans were made for her by her great uncle Edward I of England, but they never came to pass. She died aged seven.
Name variations: Margaret of Norway; Margaret Ericsdottir. Born before April 1283 in Tönsberg, Norway; died at age eight on September 26, 1290, en route to Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland; buried in Bergen, Norway; daughter of Margaret of Norway (1261–1283) and Eirik the Priest-Hater also known as Eric II Magnusson (1268–1299), king of Norway ...
The false Margaret was executed in 1301. The death of the Maid of Norway in 1290 brought to an end the rule of the House of Dunkeld or the House of Canmore, which had started with the accession to the throne of Malcolm III in 1058.
The most probable date for her mother's death is April 9, 1283 as given in the Gesta Annalia, but the Chronicle of Lanercost gives February 27–28. When the treaty arranging the marriage of Margaret and Eirik was signed at Roxburgh on July 25, 1281, Alexander III's younger son David had already died in June of 1281.
Margaret died in October 1290 while travelling from Norway to Scotland. She had taken ill aboard a ship and died in Orkney. With Margaret dead, the Treaty of Birgham was meaningless.
