Malcolm III Canmore King of Scotland 
Malcolm III Canmore King of was born in 1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.1 Malcolm III Canmore King of's father was King Duncan I MacCrinan Scotland and his mother was Sibyl Biornsson. His paternal grandparents were Crinan Thane and Princess Bethoc Beatrix of Scotland. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Malcolm III, Duncan Mormaer, Donald III Bane and Margaret. He died at the age of 62 on November 13th, 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumbria, England (slain besieging).1 General Notes
Malcolm III CANMORE (b. c. 1031--d. Nov. 13, 1093, near Alnwick,Northumberland, Eng.), king of Scotland from 1058 to 1093, founder of thedynasty that consolidated royal power in the Scottish kingdom.
The son of King Duncan I (reigned 1034-40), Malcolm lived in exile inEngland during part of the reign of his father's murderer, Macbeth(reigned 1040-57). Malcolm killed Macbeth in battle in 1057 and thenascended the throne. After the conquest of England by William theConqueror, in 1066, Malcolm gave refuge to the Anglo-Saxon prince Edgarthe Aetheling and his sisters, one of whom, Margaret (later St.Margaret), became his second wife.
Malcolm acknowledged the overlordship of William in 1072 but neverthelesssoon violated his feudal obligations and made five raids into England.During the last of these invasions he was killed by the forces of KingWilliam II Rufus (reigned 1087-1100). Except for a brief interval afterMalcolm's death, the Scottish throne remained in his family until thedeath of Queen Margaret, the Maid of Norway, in 1290. Of Malcolm's sixsons by Margaret, three succeeded to the throne: Edgar (reigned1097-1107), Alexander I (1107-24), and David I (1124-53). [EncyclopaediaBritannica CD '97]
According to Brian Tompsett, "interred at Escorial, Madrid, Spain."
Malcolm III built Kindrochit Castle, Braemar, Aberdeenshire between1057-1093.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0949 in Dunkeld,Perthshire,Scotland d.1010 in Battle Of Mortlach
- b.0978 in Dunkeld,Perthshire,Scotland d.1045
- b.1009 in Dunbar,East Lothian,Scotland d.1045 in Slain in Battle
- b.1040 in Northumberland,England d.~ 1074
- b.1016 in Northumberland,England d.Bet. 1044 - 1100
- b.~ 1005 in Wessex,England
- b.~ 1042
- b.1007 in Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (killed by Macbeth)
- b.~ 0897 in Of, , , Scotland d.0954 in , Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0932 in Of, , , Scotland d.0995 in , Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0901 in Of, , , Scotland
- b.0958 in Scotland d.25 Dec 1034 in Glamis Castle,Isle of Iona,Scotland
- b.0984 in Atholl,Perthshire,Scotland d.1045 in Scotland
- b.~ 0962
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumbria, England (slain besieging)
- b.~ 1009 in Northumbria, England d.1040
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‌Malcolm III Canmore King of and St Margaret Aetheling of were married in a religious ceremony in Dunfermline, Scotland.1 They had a daughter named Matilda Princess of.
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Children
Matilda Princess of Scotland
Matilda Princess of was born in 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.2 She died at the age of 39 on May 1st, 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.2
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