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Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland 1456–1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 June 1456

Birth Location: Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Death Date: 14 July 1486

Death Location: Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland

Father: Christian Sweden

Mother: Dorothea Brandenburg

Spouse(s): James Scotland

Children(s): James Scots

In 1456, Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland entered the world in Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark, born to Christian I Oldenburg King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden And Dorothea Von Hohenzollern Of Brandenburg. Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland married James Iii Stewart King Of Scotland, and had children including James Iv Stewart King Of Scots. Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland passed away in 1486 in Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland.

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  • In 1456, Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland entered the world in Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark, born to Christian I Oldenburg King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden And Dorothea Von Hohenzollern Of Brandenburg.
  • Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland married James Iii Stewart King Of Scotland, and had children including James Iv Stewart King Of Scots.
  • Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland passed away in 1486 in Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland.

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Margaret Scotland's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Scotland
1456–1486
Birth Place: Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Parents
Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
1426–1481
Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Dorothea (von Hohenzollern of) Brandenburg
1430–1495
Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland
Grandparents
Count (Dietrich The Lucky of) OLDENBURG
1390–1440
Oldenburg, Saxony, Germany
Heilwig (von) Holstein-Rendsburg
1395–1436
Schleswig, Schleswig, Denmark
Johann (II Hohenzollern of Brandenburg The Alchimist, Margrave of) Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Barbara (Margravine of Saxe-Wittenberg of Brandenburg Countess of) Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1405–1465
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Gerhard Holstein-Rendsburg
1367–1404
Catherine Brunswick-Lüneburg
1367–1423
Friedrich Brandenburg
1371–1440
Elisabeth Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Rudolf Saxe-Wittenberg
–1419
Barbara Silesia-Liegnitz
1372–1436
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Nurnberg
1333–1398
Elisabeth Meissen
1329–1375
Friedrich Bayern-Landshut
1339–1393
Maddalena VISCONTI
1361–1404
Wenceslaus Saxe-Wittenberg
1337–1388
Cecilia Carrara
–1427

Margaret Scotland's Descendants

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Margaret (Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of) Scotland (23 June 1456–14 July 1486) m. James (III STEWART King of) Scotland (10 July 1451–11 June 1488)
  1. 1. James (IV STEWART King of) Scots 1473–1513 m. Agnes (Isabel STEWART Countess of) Bothwell 1480–1557 m. Margaret TUDOR 1489–1541 m. (mistress) (Margaret) DRUMMOND 1475–1501 m. (mistress) (Janet) KENNEDY 1475–1543 m. Marion (Mary Margaret Margot BOYD of Bonshaw (courtesan to James Hamilton and James IV, King of) Scots) 1477–1559
    1. 1. (mistress) (Lady Janet) Stewart 1502–1562 m. Malcom (FLEMING 3rd Earl of) Fleming 1494–1547 m. Henry (II of) France 1519–1559
      1. 1. Henri (d'Angoulême) (legitimised) 1551–1586
      2. 2. John FLEMING 1537–1572 m. Elizabeth (ROSS Baroness) Fleming 1541–1578
        1. 1. John FLEMING 1567–1619 m. Lillias GRAHAM 1570–
    2. 2. Margaret (Jane) STEWART 1497–1578 m. John (DRUMMOND 2nd Laird of) Innerpeffray 1489– m. John ('Master of Huntly') GORDON 1477–1517
      1. 1. Margaret (Agnes DRUMMOND of) Innerpeffry 1528–1590 m. Robert (ELPHINSTONE 3rd Baron) Stirlingshire 1530–1602
        1. 1. Alexander (ELPHINSTONE) Baron 1552–1648 m. Jean (Jane) LIVINGSTONE 1555–1622
    3. 3. Alexander (STEWART, Archbishop of St.) Andrews 1493–1513
    4. 4. Catherine STEWART 1495–1554 m. James (DOUGLAS 3rd Earl of) Morton 1491–1548
      1. 1. Margaret DOUGLAS 1510–1579
    5. 5. James (STEWART, Earl of) Moray 1499–1544 m. Marion (Stewart) 1502–1544
      1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart –1547
      2. 2. James Stewart 1526–1625
    6. 6. James (STEWART, Duke of) Rothesay 1507–1508
    7. 7. daughter STEWART 1508–1508
    8. 8. Arthur (STEWART, Duke of) Rothesay 1509–1510
    9. 9. James (V STEWART, King of) Scots 1512–1542 m. Mary (Marie de) GUISE 1515–1560 m. Margaret (ERSKINE (Douglas) (mistress to James V, King of) Scots) 1515–1572
      1. 1. Mary (STEWART Queen of Scots Queen of) France 1542–1587 m. Francois (II Dauphin of) France 1544–1560 m. Henry (STEWART, Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. James (HEPBURN, Duke of Orkney 4th Earl of) Bothwell 1536–1578
        1. 1. James (VI and I STEWART King of Scotland \ England and) Ireland 1566–1625 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1574–1619
      2. 2. James (STEWART, Earl of) Moray 1531–1570
      3. 3. Robert (STEWART, Prior of) Whithorn –1581
    10. 10. daughter STEWART 1512–1512
    11. 11. Alexander (STEWART, Duke of) Ross 1514–1515

Margaret Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1456
23 June 1456
Birth of Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland in Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
1486
14 July 1486
Age 30
Death of Margaret Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of Scotland in Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 June 1456
    Event Place: Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 July 1486
    Event Place: Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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