When Saint Margaret of Wessex Queen of Scotland was born on 8 September 1046, in Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary, her father, Edward 'the Exile' of Wessex, was 30 and her mother, Agatha, was 11043. She married Malcolm III King of Scotland on 6 June 1064, in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 16 November 1093, in Midlothian, Scotland, at the age of 47, and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
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Battle of Hastings was fought between the Norman-French army and the battle-wary English army on October 14, 1066. Duke William of Normandy believed he was the rightful king rather than Harold, who had been crowned king several months earlier. Harold was killed in battle and William was crowned king on Christmas Day 1066.
Domesday Book is Britain's earliest extant public record with information containing land surveys and landholdings commissioned by William I. The book was completed in 1086.
Japanese (Ōi): written 大井 ‘large well’. It is found in central and eastern Japan.
Japanese (Ōi): written 多 ‘many’. It was pronounced Oho in ancient times and is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. It is not common in modern Japan.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 黃, see Huang 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSt. Margaret of Scotland, or Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess born in Hungary to Princess Agatha of Hungary and English Prince Edward the Exile around 1045. Her siblings, Cristina and Edgar …
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