Permanent historical factsheet

Death of Margaret Maid of Norway

Scotland · House / House of Norway. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1286–1290Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1286

Margaret Maid of Norway1286

House / House of Norway

Scotland is left with an infant Queen, Margaret "Maid of Norway"

1290

Margaret Maid of Norway26 September 1290

House / House of Norway

Margarets death prevents England & Scotland being united by a common crown. Margarets death is followed by a 2 yr interregnum in Scotland

Margaret Maid of Norway26 September 1290

Orkneys · House / House of Norway

Dies after reaching Orkney from Norway to marry Edward's son, Edward of Caernarvon. Death of Margaret Maid of Norway

Names involved

Margaret Maid of Norway

Provenance

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