Individual Details
Malcolm III, King of Scotland
(1030 - 13 Nov 1092)
Malcolm was born about 1031. He was still a child when his father King Duncan was murdered by Macbeth in 1040. He spent his youth in Northumbria with his uncle Earl Siward, who in 1054 established him in Cumbria and Lothian.
In 1057, after Macbeth was killed, Malcolm became king of all Scotland. With his first wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir av Austraat of Halland, widow of Thorfinn of Orkney, he had several sons of whom Duncan would have progeny and briefly succeeded him. After the death of Ingibiorg in 1069 Malcolm married Margaret of Wessex, sister of Edgar Atheling, whose cause he adopted. Malcolm and Margaret had six sons and two daughters.
He attacked Northumbria five times (in 1069, 1070, 1079, 1091 and 1093) and there were counter-invasions by William the Conqueror and Prince Robert in 1072 and 1080. In 1092 William's son William II Rufus wrested from Scotland all of Cumbria south of the Solway. In the following year Malcolm marched into England, but he was trapped and killed at Alnwick on 13 November 1093. Four of his sons succeeded him: Duncan, Edgar, Alexander and David.
Source: Leo van de Pas
In 1057, after Macbeth was killed, Malcolm became king of all Scotland. With his first wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir av Austraat of Halland, widow of Thorfinn of Orkney, he had several sons of whom Duncan would have progeny and briefly succeeded him. After the death of Ingibiorg in 1069 Malcolm married Margaret of Wessex, sister of Edgar Atheling, whose cause he adopted. Malcolm and Margaret had six sons and two daughters.
He attacked Northumbria five times (in 1069, 1070, 1079, 1091 and 1093) and there were counter-invasions by William the Conqueror and Prince Robert in 1072 and 1080. In 1092 William's son William II Rufus wrested from Scotland all of Cumbria south of the Solway. In the following year Malcolm marched into England, but he was trapped and killed at Alnwick on 13 November 1093. Four of his sons succeeded him: Duncan, Edgar, Alexander and David.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1030 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt 1069 | St. Margaret of Scotland | |||
| Death | 13 Nov 1092 |
Families
| Spouse | St. Margaret of Scotland (1045 - 1092) |
| Child | Princess Mathilda of Scotland (1079 - 1118) |
| Father | Duncan I 'the Gracious' King of Scotland (1001 - 1040) |
| Mother | Sybil 'Suthen' Fitz-Siward (1014 - 1040) |