King Malcolm III of Scotland

1031 – 1093 · Generation VIII · King of Scots

Malcolm III of Scotland (1031–1093). King of Scots. Married Margaret of Wessex in 1070. King of Alba for thirty-five years from 1058, he was later given the byname “Canmore,” a Gaelic epithet meaning literally “big head” and taken to signify a great chief. The Scotland he ruled covered far less than the modern nation — Scandinavians held many of the islands and everything north of the River Oykel, while beyond the Firth of Forth to the south stood realms like Strathclyde and Bamburgh where any Scottish authority is doubtful. Five times or more he carried war into English territory, and among his chief achievements was planting his own line so firmly on the throne that it ruled into the late thirteenth century. His second wife Margaret was canonised a saint in the thirteenth century, and he himself walks the stage as a major character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Partners

Married Margaret of Wessex (1045 – 1093) in 1070 — one child together

Children

Matilda of Scotland (1080 – 1118)

Life

1031 — Born
1058 — Malcolm III (Canmore) crowned
1069 — Malcolm marries his 2nd wife Margaret of Wessex sister of Edgar the Aetheling who had been deposed by William I the Conqueror
1070 — Married Margaret of Wessex
1070 — Malcolm attacks Northumbria and Cumbria intent on expanding his kingdom into northern England.
1092 — At Abernethy Malcolm is forced to submit to the Normans who take his son Duncan and brother-in-law Edgar Aetheling as hostages
1093 — Died
1093 — Malcolm invades England but is killed at the Battle of Alnwick. He is succeeded by his brother Donald II (Donald Blane)