Name:
Edward III Òthe ConfessorÓ of England
Relationship to Margaret Goldie Hall :
Change 32 x Great Uncle
Ethelred II "the Unready" of England -> Edmund II "Ironside" of England -> Edward "Atheling" of England -> Margaret "Atheling" of England -> David I "the Saint" of Scotland -> Henry of Huntingdon -> David of Huntingdon -> Isabel of Huntingdon -> Robert de Brus -> Sir Robert le Brus -> Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland -> Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland -> Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland -> King Robert III Stewart (King of Scotland) -> Lady Mary Stewart -> William Douglas (2nd Earl of Angus) -> George Douglas (4th Earl of Angus) -> Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus -> Marion Douglas -> William Cunningham (4th Earl of Glencairn) -> Lady Janet Cunningham -> John Fergusson -> Robert Fergusson -> William Fergusson -> Robert Fergusson -> John Fergusson -> Alexander Fergusson -> Jean Ferguson -> Margaret Riddel -> James Goldie -> Mary Goldie -> John Macmillan -> Robert Macmillan -> Alice Mary Goldie Macmillan -> Margaret Goldie Hall
Ethelred II "the Unready" of England -> Edward III Òthe ConfessorÓ of England
Remarks:
King of England, 1042-1066. Sent to Normandy in 1013, he was educated at the court of his uncle, Richard, duke of Normandy. He became King of England after the death of his younger half brother, Harthacanute. He promoted a number of Norman clery in the realm, and there was immigration from Normandy into England during his reign. He quarreled with Godwin, his wifeÕs father, which led to the QueenÕs removal from court, although there was a reconciliation in 1153. He built Westminster Abbeyt in penance for a failed vow to make a pilgrimage to Rome. He was known for his piety and canonized in 1161.