DUNFERMLINE ABBEY, SCOTLAND #BeautifulScotland Abbey's history began in 1070 as a priory founded by Queen Margaret on the site of her marriage to King Malcolm III. It was elevated to an abbey by their son, King David I, in 1128, who built a new, grand church, of which the Romanesque nave still stands. The abbey became a royal mausoleum, housing the remains of several Scottish monarchs, most famously Robert the Bruce. After the Reformation, the choir was converted into a royal palace, and the cur