ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on medieval noble families and the memory and celebration of bilateral kin networks by asking how long the memory of Margaret, Queen of Scotland served as a locus of Anglo-Saxon identity for her descendants, particularly her daughters and granddaughters. The conclusion is that individuals within the family ‘remembered’ and ‘forgot’ their saintly ancestor in both private and public commemorations over time, and that descent from Margaret through female lines was most likely to be ‘remembered’ when English identity was politically useful.
