General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> King Of Scotland
Malcolm I, who died in 958, King of Scotland 943, acquired Cumbria 945 from Edmund, the Saxon king of England. On
the abdication of Constantine III., Malcolm succeeded to the throne in 944. In 945, Edmund, the Saxon king of England,
ceded Cumberland and part of Westmoreland to him, on condition that he would defend that northern territory, and
become the ally of England. Edred, the brother and successor of Edmund, accordingly applied for, and obtained the aid of
Malcolm against Anlaf, King of Northumberland, which latter country he wasted, and carried off the inhabitants with their
cattle. In the time of Malcolm I., the people of the province of Moray, in the northeast of Scotland, were a mixed race,
formed of Scandinavian settlers, with Scottish and Pictish Celts. Turbulent and rebellious, they were continually at war with
the sovereign, and an insurrection having occurred under Cellach, maormer of Garmorgan, Malcolm marched north to
reduce them to obedience. He killed Cellach, but was, some time thereafter, assassinated in 953 at Ulurn after a reign of
nine years. He was succeeded by Indulph, the son of Constantine II., and Indulph had as his successor, Duff, the son of
Malcolm, who ascended the throne in 961.