Marjorie of Scotland

Margaret "Marjorie" Marshal of Scotland, Countess of Pembroke (died 1244) was a daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland and his wife Ermengarde de Beaumont. She was a member of the House of Dunkeld by birth and Countess of Pembroke by marriage to Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke.

Biography It is not known exactly when she was born, but she was the final child of William (1142–1214) and Ermengarde de Beaumont, likely born towards the end of her father's life. In 1219, while she was a minor, there was a failed attempt to arrange a marriage to Thibault IV, Count of Champagne and Brie. She brought with her a substantial dowry including over 10,000 marks.

Her marriage did not produce any children, and her husband died less than six years later, during an illegal tournament on 27 June 1241. King Henry III himself ensured that she received her dower lands. While her husband was buried at the Temple Church in London, after she died in 1244, she was buried in Blackfriars, London. Her two sisters, who also married senior English nobles and also produced no heirs, were later buried alongside her.

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