Brief Life History of Margrethe
When Margrethe Madsdatter was born about 1785, in Reerslev, Tune, København, Denmark, her father, Mads Abrahamsen, was 52 and her mother, Mette Andersdatter, was 40.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Mads Abrahamsen household 1787 Denmark census - Dansk Demografisk Database
Parents and Siblings
1734–1801 Male
1746–1785 Female
Siblings (8)
1769–1769 Female
1770–1770 Male
1772–1782 Male
1774–1811 Female
1777– Male
+3 More Children
World Events (3)
1789 · Old Artillery Barracks, Christianshavn
Age 4
1792 · Det Classenske Fideicommis
Age 7
1794 · Stibo
Age 9
Name Meaning
An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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