Cook Family Ancestry Margaret Maid of Norway Eiriksdottir Queen of Scotland [13157] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Magnus VI the Law-mender Haakonsson King of Norway [11626]
(1238-1280)

Ingeborg of Denmark Eriksdottir [11627]
(Abt 1244-1287)

Alexander III the Glorius of Scotland King of Scotland [11837]
(1241-1286)

Margaret Plantagenet [4297]
(1240-1275)

Eirik II the Priest-Hater Magnusson King of Norway [12117]
(1268-1299)

Margaret of Scotland Queen of Norway [12116]
(1261-1283)

Margaret Maid of Norway Eiriksdottir Queen of Scotland [13157]
(Abt 1282-1290)

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Margaret Maid of Norway Eiriksdottir Queen of Scotland [13157] ²⁴

Born: Abt 1282, Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Died: 26 Sep 1290, North Sea en-route to Scotland about age 8
Buried: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

bullet General Notes:

The death of Margaret left Scotland without a Monarch and at the mercy of Edward I. Thus begun the first Interegnum, and the contest between 13 claimants.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02236

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Scotland_%28Maid_of_Norway%29

Margaret (Gaelic : Mairead or Maighread) (early 1283 \endash September/October 1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway (Norwegian: Jomfruen av Norge, literally The Virgin of Norway), sometimes known as Margaret of Scotland (Margrete av Skottland)

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded, 19 Mar 1286.

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Margaret Maid of Norway Eiriksdottir Queen of Scotland [13157] ²⁴