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What was Saint Margaret of Scotland's birth name?

  • Margaret of Wessex

  • Margaret of Hungary

  • Margaret of England

  • Margaret of Fife

Answer

Margaret of Wessex, later known as Saint Margaret of Scotland, was born into the royal family of England in the 11th century. Her father was Edward the Exile, son of King Edmund Ironside, and her mother was Agatha, daughter of Emperor Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire. Margaret was raised in Hungary, where her family had fled after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
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