 1031 - 1093 (62 years)
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| Name |
Malcolm III Of Scotland [2, 3, 4] |
| Prefix |
King |
| Suffix |
King Of Scotland |
| Birth |
1031 |
Of, Athoil, Perthshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Nov 1093 |
Alnwick, Northumberlandshire, England |
| Person ID |
I25118 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
9 Dec 2010 |
| Father |
King Duncan I Of Scotland, King Of Scotland, b. 1001, Of, Athoil, Perthshire, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1040, Iona, Near Elgin, Scotland (Killed By Macbeth) (Age 39 years) |
| Mother |
Sibyl Fitzsiward, b. Abt 1014, Of, Northumberland, England d. 1040 (Age 26 years) |
| Marriage |
1030 |
Scotland |
| Family ID |
F22733 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Queen Saint Margaret Of Scotland Of Scotland, b. 1045, Of, Wessex, England d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Edinburgshire, Scotland (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
1067-1069 |
Of, Athoil, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Children |
| | 1. Edgar, King Of Scotland |
| | 2. King Alexander I Of Scotland, King Of Scotland d. 1124 |
| | 3. Princess Matilda Of Scotland Of Scotland, b. 1080, Dunferline, Scotland d. 1 May 1118, Westminister Place, London, England (Age 38 years) |
| | 4. Earl Ethelred Of Moray, b. Abt 1062, Morayshire, Scotland d. 1097, Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland (Age 35 years) |
| | 5. Mary Of Scotland |
| | 6. Mary Of Scotland, b. Abt 1085 d. 31 May 1116 (Age 31 years) |
| | 7. King David I Of Scotland, King Of Scotland, b. 1080, Of, Scotland d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, Scotland (Age 73 years) |
| | 8. Marie Of Scotland |
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| Family ID |
F11320 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2010 |
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| Notes |
- Notes for Malcolm III Canmore King of Scotland:
Malcolm Canmore ('great head' or 'chief') was the eldest son of Duncan I. After his father's death, he found refuge in England with his uncle Siward of Northumbria, where he stayed for more than 14 years. His first wife was Ingibjorg, widow of Earl Thorfinn of Orkney. She died, and in about 1070 he married Margaret, great-niece of King Edward the Confessor of England. She had sought refuge in Scotland with her brother, Edgar the Atheling (Anglo-Saxon heir to the English throne), when William I excluded him from the English succession. Margaret had a strong influence over her husband, who revered her piety and secretly had jewel-encrusted bindings made for her religious books, which he himself was unable to read, never having learned to do so. He also substituted Saxon for Gaelic as the court language. According to Margaret's biographer, she corresponded with Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, brought Benedictine monks to Dunfermline and did away with local usages in the Scottish Church. Margaret also began building what was later to be known as St Margaret's Chapel, situated on the highest part of Edinburgh Castle.
Malcolm III was determined to extend his kingdom southwards and take advantage of the upheaval caused by the Norman Conquest. Making the excuse that he was supporting the claim to the English throne of his brother-in-law Edgar Atheling, Malcolm invaded England five times (he was a formidable warrior-king, having killed his two predecessor kings). Three times defeated, Malcolm was forced under the treaty of Abernethy in 1072 to become 'the man' of the English king and give up his son Duncan as a hostage. Malcolm and his eldest son were finally killed in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland on 13 November 1093, aged about 62. His wife died when they brought her the news at Edinburgh Castle. She was canonised in 1249.
After Malcolm's death, the frontier between the kingdoms of Scotland and England was clearly defined for the first time. Anglo-Norman influence in Scotland was promoted by the subsequent marriages of Malcolm's sons to English brides.
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| Sources |
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:89 (Reliability: 3).
- [S137] Br, World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), Tree #0151 (Reliability: 3).
Date of Import: 30 okt 1999
- [S926] Scottish History Online, The Duncan Clan, (http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/dunclan.html).
- [S45] FTW 5 tree 0151.FTW.
Date of Import: 30 okt 1999
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