I3023: MALCOLM III Canmore "Longneck" of ScotlandKing (ABT 1033

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"Scotland was then ruled by Thorfinn in the northern districts and MacBeth in the southern districts. Malcolm, Duncan's eldest son, rebelled twice against MacBeth in an effort to gain the throne. His grandfather, Crinan, was slain in 1045 near Dunkeld "with nine times twenty heroes" as he led an aborted attempt to put his grandson on the throne. The second attempt was more successful as Malcolm, at the head of an English Saxon army defeated and killed MacBeth while his Norwegian allies were engaged elsewhere and Malcolm ascended the throne in 1057 as King Malcolm III Ceann Mor (Canmore).

In 1068, Malcolm took as his second wife, Margaret, later known and revered as St. Margaret of Scotland. She had fled England with her brother Edgar Aetheling after the Norman Conquest. During Malcolm's 37 year reign, the first events now known as Highland Games were held on the Braes of Mar to choose the best available men to serve as his servants and soldiers. His death in battle in December 1093 and the death of his wife, several days later brought on a turbulent time which saw Malcolm's eldest son, King Duncan II murdered by Malcolm's brother Donald Bane, Lord of the Isles, in order to become king.

Another son, Edgar, finally secured the throne in 1097 with the help of another English army of Saxons and Normans led by his mother's brother, Edgar Aetheling. King Malcolm III's hereditary possessions devolved on his youngest brother, Maelmare, the first celtic Earl of Atholl and on his death, the earldom passed to Malcolm III's namesake, the second son of his first marriage.

Malcolm III., called Canmore (Ceanmohr, or Great-head), King of Scotland, was eldest son of Duncan, who was murdered by Macbeth in 1039. After Duncan's death Malcolm fled for safety to his kinsman, Siward, Danish Earl of Northumberland, and continued to live for many years in England. In 1054 Siward, with the sanction of Edward the Confessor, led an army into Scotland, encountered Macbeth near Dunsinane, defeated him, and left Malcolm in possession. Macbeth retired into the North, and the contest was only ended in 1056, by his defeat and death at Lumphanan.

Malcolm remained at peace with England during the reign of Edward the Confessor, but on the accession of Harold he favoured the attempt of Tostig. After the battle of Hastings he welcomed to his court Edgar the Atheling, with his mother and two sisters, and soon married one of them, the Princess Margaret.

In 1070 he invaded England, ravaged Durham, and carried off so many prisoners that for years after English slaves were found in every hamlet of Scotland. This raid was avenged by a more savage and destructive devastation of Northumbria by William the Conqueror. Malcolm agreed to do homage, and Edgar left his court, but he continued to give his protection to the English exiles. Disputes arose with William Rufus, and in 1091 Malcolm again invaded England, but retired without fighting.

William invaded Scotland the next year, but peace was made by the mediation of Duke Robert and Edgar. In 1093 Malcolm once more made an incursion into England and besieged Alnwick Castle. He was attacked by Roger de Mowbray and killed in the battle, November 13th of that year. His queen, Margaret, heard the tidings, and died three days later.

Malcolm III Caennmor of Scotland, King of Scotland Born: ABT 1031 Acceded: 25 APR 1058, Scone Abbey, Perthshire Died: 13 NOV 1093, Alnwick Castle Interred: Escorial, Madrid, Spain. Some say died 1098. Slew Macbeth 1057. King of Strathclyde.

Malcolm III (nickname Malcolm Canmore ("Big Head') DT1a c.)1031-1093
King of Scots (1058--93), the son of Duncan I, who was slain by Macbeth in 1040. He returned from exile in 1054, and conquered S Scotland; but he did not become king until he had defeated and killed Macbeth (1057) and disposed of Macbeth's stepson, Lulach (1058). He married as his second wife the English Princess Margaret (later St Margaret), sister of Edgar the Ætheling, and launched five invasions of England between 1061 and his death in a skirmish near Alnwick, Northumberland."
Children:
Edward, Prince of SCOTLAND b. ABT 1068 Scotland, d. 16 NOV 1093 Edwards Isle, SCT Edmund, Prince of SCOTLAND b. ABT 1070 Scotland
Ethelred, Prince of SCOTLAND b. ABT 1072 Scotland, d. 13 NOV 1093 Scotland
Prince of SCOTLAND, b. ABT 1074 Scotland
Edgar, King of Scotland b. ABT 1074/75 Scotland, d. 8 JAN 1106/7 Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
Prince of SCOTLAND, b. ABT 1076 Scotland
Alexander I, King of SCOTLAND b. ABT 1077/78 Scotland. d. 23 APR 1124 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Matilda "Atheling", Princess of Scotland
David I "the Saint", King of SCOTLAND
Mary, Princess of SCOTLAND b. ABT 1084 Scotland, d. 31 MAY 1116 St. Saviors Monastery, Bermondsey, Middlesex, England

"p.266]that year he formed an alliance with Tostig, who was the son of Earl Godwin and successor to Siward as ruler of Northumberland. Then taking advantage of the death of Thorfinn, Macbeth's most powerful coadjutor, the allies again entered the domain of the latter and on the 15th of August, 1057, Malcolm killed Macbeth in battle at Lumphanan.10

Malcolm then ascended the throne. Having married Ingiborg, widow of Thorfinn, he seems soon afterwards to have united the different states of the north into the single kingdom of Scotia. Within a few years he became so powerful as to attempt the invasion of England.11 In 1068-9, Ingiborg apparently having died in the meantime, he married Margaret,12 sister of Edgar AEtheling, the Saxon heir to the English crown, who with his family and followers, had been driven out of England after the coming of the Normans in 1066, and had taken refuge in Scotland.

This King Malcolm is known in history as Malcolm Canmore, so named from the size of his head, the Celtic words "cean mohr" meaning "head big." The possession of the Anglian province of Northumbria known as Lothian, which had been ceded to his great-grandfather, Malcolm mac Kenneth, after the battle of Carham in 1018, in Malcolm Canmore, became definitely confirmed to the crown of Scotland.13 This union resulted in bringing under one government the Teutonic races of the eastern, northern, and western coasts, and the Celtic Gaels and Cymri of Galloway, Strathclyde, and Scotia proper. Malcolm's marriages, first with Ingiborg the Norse jarl's widow, and secondly, with Margaret, daughter of the Saxon royal family, may be taken as presaging the union of races that was to follow in Scotland?14 As the most substantial and enduring attributes of Scottish civilization owe their origin to this amalgamation, and are in a great measure due to the infusion of Teutonic blood into the veins of the Celt, we cannot do better in this connection than to consider at length the nature and extent of the English elements entering into the composition of the feudal Scotchman."

"Malcolm then ascended the throne. Having married Ingiborg, widow of Thorfinn, he seems soon afterwards to have united the different states of the north into the single kingdom of Scotia. Within a few years he became so powerful as to attempt the invasion of England.11 In 1068-9, Ingiborg apparently having died in the meantime, he married Margaret,12 sister of Edgar AEtheling, the Saxon heir to the English crown, who with his family and followers, had been driven out of England after the coming of the Normans in 1066, and had taken refuge in Scotland.

This King Malcolm is known in history as Malcolm Canmore, so named from the size of his head, the Celtic words "cean mohr" meaning "head big." The possession of the Anglian province of Northumbria known as Lothian, which had been ceded to his great-grandfather, Malcolm mac Kenneth, after the battle of Carham in 1018, in Malcolm Canmore, became definitely confirmed to the crown of Scotland. This union resulted in bringing under one government the Teutonic races of the eastern, northern, and western coasts, and the Celtic Gaels and Cymri of Galloway, Strathclyde, and Scotia proper. Malcolm's marriages, first with Ingiborg the Norse jarl's widow, and secondly, with Margaret, daughter of the Saxon royal family, may be taken as presaging the union of races that was to follow in Scotland?14 As the most substantial and enduring attributes of Scottish civilization owe their origin to this amalgamation, and are in a great measure due to the infusion of Teutonic blood into the veins of the Celt, we cannot do better in this connection than to consider at length the nature and extent of the English elements entering into the composition of the feudal Scotchman."

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My Southern Family

King MALCOLM III Canmore "Longneck" of Scotland

ABT 1033 - 13 Nov 1093

ID Number: I3023

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Mary

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ID Number: I5393

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William Sidney CRAWFORD Jr.

ABT 1802 - ____

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Margaret Sue JESSEE

Martha Ellen LYPE

Christopher NEALE Gent.

23 Jun 1671 - 1756

ID Number: I79525

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Lady ISABEL (Agnes) STEWART Countess of Bothwell

ABT 1475 - Feb 1557

ID Number: I51383

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Laura Abbie UTSEY

8 Oct 1899 - 12 Jan 1984

ID Number: I18942

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My Southern Family

King MALCOLM III Canmore "Longneck" of Scotland

ABT 1033 - 13 Nov 1093

ID Number: I3023

Notes

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Mary

____ - ____

ID Number: I5393

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William Sidney CRAWFORD Jr.

ABT 1802 - ____

ID Number: I66921

Notes

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Margaret Sue JESSEE

Martha Ellen LYPE

Christopher NEALE Gent.

23 Jun 1671 - 1756

ID Number: I79525

Notes

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Lady ISABEL (Agnes) STEWART Countess of Bothwell

ABT 1475 - Feb 1557

ID Number: I51383

Notes

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Laura Abbie UTSEY

8 Oct 1899 - 12 Jan 1984

ID Number: I18942

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