| Born | 1283 | Born at | |  | | Died | 1290 | Buried at | | | | Alexander III died leaving no male heir. Margaret was Alexander's granddaughter and next in line for the Scottish throne. Her mother was Alexander's only daughter and her father was Erik II, the king of Norway. Born in 1283, Margaret was only three years old when her grandfather died. She is commonly known as the Maid of Norway. Edward I declared that she should be the next ruler of the Scots and that she should marry his son, the future Edward II. Margaret took a ship from Norway in 1290 to Scotland but suffered an illness during the voyage and died. Her death was followed by the first Interregnum, during which period a court controlled by Edward I decided who the next king of the Scots should be.
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- J.D. Mackie,A History of Scotland,1978
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