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  MALCOLM III. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On behalf of Edgar, Malcolm invaded N England, but in 1072 William I of England invaded Scotland, and Malcolm made peace with him.
Malcolm was succeeded briefly by his brother Donald Bane, but later four of Malcolm’s sons were kings of Scotland—Duncan II (reigned 1093–94), Edgar (reigned 1097–1107), Alexander I, and David I.
Malcolm’s daughter Edith (renamed Matilda) married Henry I of England, and another daughter was mother to the wife of King Stephen of England.
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 Macbeth through to Malcolm III 1093
Malcolm III, better known in history by the name of Malcolm Ceanmore, or great head, vindicated his claim to the vacant throne, and was crowned at Scone, 25th April, 1057.
Malcolm, on hearing of the distress of the illustrious strangers, left his royal palace at Dunfermline to meet them, and invited them to Dunfermline, where they were hospitably entertained.
Malcolm had six sons, viz, Edward, who was killed along with his father, Edmund, Edgar, Ethelred, Alexander, and David, and two daughters, Maud, who was married to Henry I of England, and Mary, who married Eustache, Count of Boulogne.
www.electricscotland.com /history/genhist/hist23.html   (1374 words)

  
 Malcolm III Canmore
Malcolm III was born before his father, Duncan I, was called to the throne.
On the accession of Edward "the Confessor" to the throne of England in 1043, Malcolm was placed by his father-in-law, Siward, under his protection, and he became a resident of the English court.
Supported by the Celtic inhabitants of the north of Scotland, and by the Norwegians of the districts under the sway of Thorfinn, Macbeth was enabled to retain possession of the throne.
www.webscot.co.uk /greatscots/malcolmcanmore.htm   (538 words)

  
 Malcolm III Canmore Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Malcolm was the son of Duncan I. At the time of the his father's death at the hands of his uncles Macbeth and Thorfinn, Malcolm was just nine.
Malcolm's first wife was Ingibjörg, the widow of the Earl of Orkney, and they had three sons before her death: Donnchad (Duncan); Domnall (Donald); and Máel Coluim (Malcolm).
In 1070 Malcolm married Margaret, the great-niece of Edward the Confessor.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/monarchs/malcolmiii.html   (702 words)

  
 Malcolm, III Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Malcolm III (died 1093), the king of Scotland from 1058 to 1093, established the Canmore dynasty, which ruled Scotland for two centuries.
Malcolm was a claimant to the Scottish kingship as the son and heir of Duncan I, who had been displaced by Macbeth in 1040.
Malcolm's relations with England revolved around claims to lands that he held there in his own right or in the name of Margaret and his desire to expand his realm to the south, where the boundaries were undefined.
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 Malcolm Canmore
Malcolm's chief preoccupation throughout his reign was the consolidation and extension of his kingdom of 'Scotia', or 'Alba'.
Malcolm helped the process by marrying Thorfinn's widow, Ingibjijrg; some sources say that Ingibjijrg was Thorfinn's daughter, not his widow, but no matter.
Malcolm's main objective was to seize the perennially debatable lands of Northumbria and Cumbria.
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 History of the Monarchy > Early Scottish monarchs > Malcolm III
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.
Malcolm was determined to extend his kingdom southwards and take advantage of the upheaval caused by the Norman Conquest.
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.
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 History of the Monarchy > The early Scottish Monarchs > Malcolm II
Malcolm, son of Kenneth II, took advantage of the fact that the English were preoccupied with Danish raids and marched south, winning the Battle of Carham against the Angles in 1018 and thereby regaining Lothian.
In the west, Malcolm had the alliance of Strathclyde, whilst the marriage of his daughter to Sigurd the Stout, Norse Earl of Orkney, extended Malcolm's influence to the far north.
Malcolm died at Glamis, Angus on 25 November 1034, aged at least 80.
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 Auch2000-The Malcolm Clan
Malcolm III (1058-1093) married (1) Ingibiorg of Orkney (2) Margaret of England/St Margaret.
Malcolm Malcolm/Maucolum fitz of the county of Perth.
John Malcolm of Balbedie, Lochore, and Innertial was granted a charter of the Barony of Balbedie and Lochore in 1662.
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 Significant Scots - Malcolm III
Malcolm’s next duty, immediately after his accession, was to replace those families that had been deprived of land or office through the injustice of Macbeth.
The effect of this upon Malcolm was such, that though unable to read her missals and books of devotion, he was wont to kiss them in token of reverence, and he caused them to be richly bound, and ornamented with gold and jewels.
Malcolm, too, their wise and generous protector, was able to appreciate their worth, for he appears to have been as chivalrous as any man of the day, whether Norman or Saxon.
www.electricscotland.com /history/other/malcolm_canmore.htm   (3826 words)

  
 House of Canmore
The reign of Malcolm III, or Canmore as he was known, began the rule of the house of Canmore.
Malcolm's son was taken as hostage to the English court.
Malcolm was known as the Maiden because he never married and maintained a vow of chastity.
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 Scottish Origins, Ch. 4 - Scotland Under MacBeth Successors
However, it was Malcolm III who triumphed, and now Scotland would forever have the "English Party" influence deeply placed in its courts; Lowland beliefs and politics would be drastically different than that of the Celtic Highlands and that division would eventually have disasterous results for the Highlanders.
Malcolm III Canmore (meaning 'big head') was the first in a succession of kings of Scotland, who were under heavy English pressure or favor.
Malcolm, being educated and raised since the age of nine in England, was inclined to share his wife's views and during his reign shifted the cultural center of his Kingdom southwards into was had been Anglo-Saxon territory (Lothian area), only recently absorbed as a Scottish region, thereby seriously offending the Celtic north and west.
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 Kings Of Scotland - A Chronological list of the Royal Scottish Monarchy
King of Scotland (1093-94), son of Malcolm III and grandson of Duncan I. For many years (1072?-87) Duncan lived as a hostage of the Norman English, allegedly as a confirmation of his father's homage to William I of England.
Malcolm ascended the throne at the age of 11.
Malcolm died young, unmarried (thus his nickname, the Maiden) and without issue, and was succeeded by his brother, William I the Lion.
www.scotlandroyalty.org /scotland.html   (5838 words)

  
 Toil and Trouble - Duncan I - Macbeth - Lulach - Malcolm III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Duncan's claim to the throne was not particularly strong - he was the son of Malcolm II's daughter, Bethoc, and Crinan, abbot of Dunkeld - and his grandfather appears to have killed a potential challenger (the grandson of Boite, son of Kenneth) in 1033.
Malcolm, afterwards, wishing to have Earl Siward's advice in all his undertakings there, went on to him; and, by his advice and guidance, he sought an audience of King Edward, who was then reigning.
Malcolm was now undisputed king - Malcolm III (he became king "by the law of inheritance", says the 'Verse Chronicle').
www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /duncan.htm   (3570 words)

  
 Malcolm III of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Late medieval depiction of Máel Coluim III with MacDuib ("MacDuff"), from an MS (Corpus Christi MS 171) of Walter Bower's Scotichronicon.
The point of naming Margaret's sons, Edward after her father Edward the Exile, Edmund for her grandfather Edmund Ironside, Ethelred for her great-grandfather Ethelred the Unready and Edgar for her great-great-grandfather Edgar the Peacable was unlikely to be missed in England, where William of Normandy's grasp on power was far from secure.
Malcolm's accession to the throne, as modified by tradition, is the climax of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malcolm_III_of_Scotland   (2875 words)

  
 Malcolm III of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
'''King Malcolm III of Scotland''' ('''Máel Coluim mac Donnchada'''), (died November 13, 1093) also known as Malcolm Canmore (Malcolm with the large head), was the eldest son of King Duncan I of Scotland and first King of the House of Dunkeld.
Malcolm died on November of the same year in an ambush at Alnwick during a battle against William's army.
Malcolm was succeeded by his brother Donald III of Scotland.
malcolm-iii-of-scotland.iqnaut.net   (527 words)

  
 Malcolm III - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malcolm was succeeded briefly by his brother Donald Bane, but later four of Malcolm's sons were kings of Scotland—Duncan II (reigned 1093-94), Edgar (reigned 1097-1107), Alexander I, and David I.
Malcolm (Mac) Everett III Elected to Piedmont Natural Gas Board of Directors.
Malcolm II The Kings and Queens of Britain; 1/1/2004; JOHN CANNON and ANNE HARGREAVES; 209 words
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-malcolm3.html   (342 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Malcolm III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
David I 1084-1153, king of Scotland (1124-53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland.
Alexander I 1078?-1124, king of Scotland (1107-24), son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland.
He succeeded his father as governor of the province of Moray c.1031 and was a military commander for Duncan I. In 1040 he killed Duncan in battle and seized the throne.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/07929.html   (629 words)

  
 Overview of King Malcolm III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malcolm took revenge by killing Macbeth and reclaiming the throne in 1057.
Malcolm was killed at Alnwick (Northumberland) during a raid on England in 1093, along with one of his sons.
Four of Malcolm's sons succeeded to the throne of Scotland; Duncan II (c.1060 - 1094; reigning for only 6 months before being killed by his uncle), Edgar (c.1074 - 1107; reigned 1097 - 1107), Alexander I (c.1077 - 1124; reigned 1107-24), and David I (c.1080 - 1153; reigned 1124-53).
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst67.html   (194 words)

  
 Famous Scots - Malcolm Canmore
Malcolm "Canmore" ('ceann' means head or chief and 'mor' means great) was the son of King Duncan I and went into exile in Northumberland when his father was killed by Macbeth
Malcolm was forced to submit and sign the Treaty of Abernethy in 1071 and agree to his son Duncan becoming a hostage in England.
Even so, Malcolm made two more raids into England in 1079 and 1091, and again he lost and had to submit to the English king.
www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamcanmore.htm   (384 words)

  
 Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore) and Queen Margaret
Malcolm and his army defeated Macbeth twice in battle; the second time at Lumphanan, where Macbeth and his son were both killed, leaving the throne for anyone with royal connections to take.
King Malcolm III had only been on the throne of Scotland for a short time when he sent troops to raid, loot and destroy the villages of Northumbria.
Malcolm was then, of course reminded of his peace agreement, and pledged to keep it for another twelve years.
netmedia.co.uk /history/week-14   (1405 words)

  
 Scottish History - Summary Index
Malcolm III Canmore (big head) was the first in a succession of kings of Scotland, who were under heavy English pressure or favor.
Once Malcolm was 'firm' on the throne, he forgot many of his "obligations" to England, and instead made a treaty with Thorfinn the Mighty, leader of the Northern Vikings in Scotland, in 1059.
Malcolm III, eyeing selfishly his southern neighbours lands in north England, conducted a series of border raids into Northumberland and Cumberland.
www.scottish-history.com /origins4.shtml   (1233 words)

  
 Malcolm III (Canmore) King of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malcolm III, or Malcolm Canmore, died 1093, King of Scotland,1057-93, son of Duncan I, was successor to MacBeth.
Scotland's Malcolm III MacDuncan and his eldest son Edward were entrapped and killed 13 November 1093 at a place that was called Malcolm's Cross.
Malcolm had been laying siege to Alnwick in an invasion of England, his wife Margaret died 4 days later, and he was succeeded by his brother Donald Bane, who will reigned until 1097.
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 Lulach - Cunnan
His mother was Gruoch, grand-daughter of King Kenneth III, whose first husband, Lulach's father, was Gillecomgain, the Mormaer of Moray.
He had a son, Maelsnectan, who retired to a monastery, and a daughter, who married a chieftain named Aedh or Eathelred, a son of Malcolm Canmore, and Earl of Fife.
One of his sons, Dubh, succeeded him in the Earldom; a second, Malcolm, became Earl of Moray and Ross (a title also descending from Macbeth and his father Findlaech).
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 Scotland: Notable Dates in History
Malcolm II gains Lothian after defeating the Saxons at the Battle of Carham.
Malcolm III (or Malcolm Canmore) kills MacBeth and becomes King.
King James III was murdered after being accused of surrounding himself with evil advisors who encouraged him to bring Englishmen into Scottish affairs.
members.tripod.com /Malcolm7/dates.htm   (1333 words)

  
 Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland - Notable Women Ancestors
Malcolm III was born ca 1031 and founded the house of Canmore, which ruled Scotland for more than 200 years, and consolidated the power of the Scottish monarchy.
Her holiness and wisdom had an impact on Malcolm, causing him to be a better ruler.
Malcolm regarded his wife with holy reverence, and with most devoted love followed her advice, and guided by her he became not only more religious and conscientious but more civilized and kinglike.
www.rootsweb.com /~nwa/margaret.html   (2848 words)

  
 CANMORE
The Canmore dynasty commenced with Malcolm III in 1057 and lasted until 1290 with a brief interlude between 1093 and 1097 when Malcolm III’s younger brother Donald Ban secured the crown.
Malcolm, son of Duncan I whose murder was immortalized in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, ascended to the throne of Scotland after slaying Macbeth in 1057.
When her husband, Malcolm III, was killed attacking Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, she died three days later.
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 'Malcolm III' CANMORE "King of Scotland"
Malcolm's rule was marked by many changes when bringing the culture and civilization of England to Scotland.
King Malcolm III was killed on 13Nov1093 during an attack on Alnwidk in Northumberland.
King Malcolm was slain in the battle his son, Edward, was mortally wounded.
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