Margaret (13531412)

Margaret, queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, was the daughter of Waldemar IV. of Denmark, whose crown, on his death in 1375, she received in trust for her son Olaf; her husband, Hacon VIII. of Norway, died in 1380, and left her queen; Olaf died 1387, when she named her grand-nephew, Eric of Pomerania, her heir; the Swedes deposed their king next year, and offered Margaret the throne; she accepted it, put down all resistance, and ultimately brought about the Union of Calmar (1397), which provided for the perpetual union of the three crowns; her energy and force of character won for her the title of “Semiramis of the North” (13531412).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Mareotis, Lake * Margaret
[wait for the fun]
Marcellus, Claudius
Marcellus, Marcus
Marcet, Mrs. Jane
March
Marchand, Major
Marcion
Marcus Aurelius
Maremma
Marengo
Mareotis, Lake
Margaret
Margaret
Margaret, St.
Margaret, St.
Margaret of Angoulême
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Valois
Margate
Marheinecke
Maria Louisa
Maria Theresa

Nearby

Margaret in Chalmer’s 1812 Dictionary of Biography

Margaret in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable