ID: I028496
Name: Máel Coluim I MacAlpin , King of Alba & Scotland 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 899 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland 1 2
Death: 954 in Killed in battle 1 2
Burial: Isle of Iona, Scotland 1 2
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Malcolm I of Scotland
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Malcolm I (Máel Coluim mac Domnaill), the son of Donald II of Scotland, became the King of Scotland in 943 after his cousin King Constantine II of Scotland abdicated and became a monk.

Malcolm I was a prince of great abilities and prudence, and Edmund I of England (939–946) courted his alliance by ceding Cumbria, then consisting of Cumberland and part of Westmorland, to him, in the year 945, on condition that he would defend that northern county, and become an ally of Edmund I. This, therefore, required Scotland to send military support if England was attacked by either the Danes of Northumbria or the Norwegians of Ireland. The alliance between England and Scotland remained after the death of both Kings.

Edred of England, the brother and successor of Edmund I, accordingly applied for, and obtained, the aid of Malcolm I against Amlaíb Cuaran, King of Northumberland, whose country, according to the barbarous practice of the times, he wasted, and carried off the people with their cattle.

Later, when Norsemen again invaded the land, the Scots sent raids led by Malcolm I in 949 and 951 against the English; moreover, in 954, Edred reunited the northern counties to his dominions.

In this same year, after putting down an insurrection of the Moray-men under Cellach, their Maormor (chief), whom he killed, Malcolm I was slain at the site of Fetteresso Castle by one of these men, in revenge for the death of his chief. He was buried on the Isle of Iona. Alternative sites for his death have been given as Ulurn or Auldearn in Moray. There is another legend that the grave of Malcolm I was discovered at Fetteresso; the crypt discovered in 1822 was even given the name Malcolm's Mount, but the type of crypt is decidedly Bronze Age and hence could not be Malcolm I's.

At some point in his life, he married. But as was the case with many monarchs in this period, the details are no longer known. A son from this marriage would later succeed to the throne as Kenneth II of Scotland (971–995).






Father: Domnaill II MacAlpin , King of Alba b: ABT 870 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
Dhubh mac Maíl Coluim , King of Alba and Scotland b: ABT 935 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland
Cináed mac Maíl Coluim , King of Alba & Scotland b: ABT 930 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland

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Title: duncan I.ged
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Text: Date of Import: 27 Mar 2005
Title: donald II.ged
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Text: Date of Import: 27 Mar 2005