Malcolm I, king of Scots

Malcolm (1), the son of Donald ruled for 11 (2) years. With his army Malcolm proceeded to Moray, and slew Cellach. In the seventh year of his rule he raided the English as far as the River Tees (3), and seized a great number of men, and many herds of cattle. The Scots called that 'the plunder of the Albidi or the Nainndisi'. However, others say that Constantine had made that raid, demanding of the king, that is, Malcolm, that he should give command of the army to him for a week, so he could visit the English. For all that, the truth is that it was not Malcolm who made the raid, but Constantine instigated it, as I said. However Constantine died in the tenth year of the rule (of Malcolm) under the crown of repentance in good old age. And men of Mearns killed Malcolm in Fodresach(4), that is in Claideom.

1. Or Máel Coluim
2. The other king lists all say 9 years, but 11 is more likely to be correct.
3. In 945 Edmund of Wessex conquered Strathclyde and handed it over to Malcolm in exchange for an alliance against the Vikings, who at that time ruled Northumbria. These raids may have been connected with this alliance.
4. Fodresach is Fetteresson near Stonehaven. This was in 954. [U954.2] http://www.kjhskj75z.talktalk.net/pictish.html#third / Intel rating B1.

The identity of "Cellach" is unknown, as is whether he was a ruler of Moray or an invader of Moray.

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Máel Coluim mac Domnaill (anglicised Malcolm I) (c. 900–954) was King of Scots (from 943 – 954), becoming king when his cousin Causantín mac Áeda abdicated to become a monk. He was the son of Domnall mac Causantín (Donald II, King of Scots).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_I_of_Scotland

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359877/Malcolm-I

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King Of Scotland; King In Alba between 942 and 951

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Malcolm I, King of Alba

From http://thepeerage.com/p10289.htm#i102890

Malcolm I, King of Alba was born circa 897. He was the son of Donald II, King of Alba. He died in 954, killed in the Battle of Fetterson.1 He was buried at Isle of Iona, Argylshire, Scotland.1

He was also known as Máel Coluim mac Domnaill. 2 He succeeded to the title of King Malcolm I of Alba in 943.1

Succeeded Constantine II who was killed in the Mearns (Grampians) by the people of Moray, whom he had forcibly subjugated on his accession in 943. Succeeded by Indulf.

Children of Malcolm I, King of Alba

1. 1.Kenneth II, King of Alba+ d. 995
2. 2.Duff 'the Black', King of Alba+ b. 930, d. 967

Citations

• 1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 171. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
• 2.[S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.

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Reigned 889-900

Notes Other parishes in Scotland may boast themselves the birthplace of greater men than can Fordoun, but no district in Scotland has seen the death of so many Sovereigns. Donald, King of Alban (889 - 900) was killed in a battle between the Danes and the Scots. "Over Fotherdun upon the brink of the waves he lies, In the east, in his broad, gory bed" says St Berchan. Dr Skene identifies this with the parish of Fordoun, although referring to Dun Fother or Dunnottar as the locality. The Kingdom of Alban extended from the Forth to the Spey. (http://www.auchenblae.net/strathfinella.htm)

Sources [S327] Lakey - Genealogy, Gilbert Marlow Lakey, (http://members.cox.net/benchrest/Genealogy.html)

[S370] Kings & Queens, Neil Grant, (pub 2003 by Harper-Collins, Publishers, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB), p8 (Reliability: 3)

[S410] Pedigrees of the Scottish Clans, John D McLaughlin, (http://members.aol.com/lochlan4/pedigree.htm), Genelaig Albanensium - (Pedigree of the Kings of Scotland) (Reliability: 3)

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Notes ◦Other parishes in Scotland may boast themselves the birthplace of greater men than can Fordoun, but no district in Scotland has seen the death of so many Sovereigns.

The Pictish Chronicle, written in the tenth century, records that in 954 Malcolm I, King of Alban, was slain by the "Men of the Mearns" (viri na Moerne) at Fodresach (Fetteresso). Dr Skene, apparently by mistake, supposes his death to have occurred in the parish of Fordoun. St Berchan says:

Nine years to his reign

Traversing the Borders,

On the brink of Dun Fother at last

Will shout the Gael around his grave

(http://www.auchenblae.net/strathfinella.htm)

Sources 1.[S327] Lakey - Genealogy, Gilbert Marlow Lakey, (http://members.cox.net/benchrest/Genealogy.html)

2.[S370] Kings & Queens, Neil Grant, (pub 2003 by Harper-Collins, Publishers, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB), p8 (Reliability: 3)

3.[S410] Pedigrees of the Scottish Clans, John D McLaughlin, (http://members.aol.com/lochlan4/pedigree.htm), Genelaig Albanensium - (Pedigree of the Kings of Scotland) (Reliability: 3

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Máel Coluim mac Domnaill (anglicized Malcolm I) was king of Scots, becoming king when his cousin Causantín mac Áeda abdicated to become a monk. He was the son of Domnaill mac Causantín.

Since his father was known to have died in the year 900, Malcolm must have been born no later than 901. By the 940s, he was no longer a young man, and may have become impatient in awaiting the throne. Willingly or not—the 11th-century Prophecy of Berchán, a verse history in the form of a supposed prophecy, states that it was not a voluntary decision that Constantine II abdicated in 943 and entered a monastery, leaving the kingdom to Malcolm.

Seven years later, the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says:

[Malcolm I] plundered the English as far as the River Tees, and he seized a multitude of people and many herds of cattle: and the Scots called this the raid of Albidosorum, that is, Nainndisi. But others say that Constantine made this raid, asking of the king, Malcolm, that the kingship should be given to him for a week's time, so that he could visit the English. In fact, it was Malcolm who made the raid, but Constantine incited him, as I have said.

Woolf suggests that the association of Constantine with the raid is a late addition, one derived from a now-lost saga or poem.

He died in the shield wall next to his men.

In 945, Edmund of Wessex, having expelled Amlaíb Cuaran (Olaf Sihtricsson) from Northumbria, devastated Cumbria and blinded two sons of Domnaill mac Eógain, king of Strathclyde. It is said that he then "let" or "commended" Strathclyde to Máel Coluim in return for an alliance. What is to be understood by "let" or "commended" is unclear, but it may well mean that Máel Coluim had been the overlord of Strathclyde and that Edmund recognised this while taking lands in southern Cumbria for himself.

The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says that Máel Coluim took an army into Moray "and slew Cellach". Cellach is not named in the surviving genealogies of the rulers of Moray, and his identity is unknown.

Máel Coluim appears to have kept his agreement with the late English king, which may have been renewed with the new king, Edmund having been murdered in 946 and succeeded by his brother Edred. Eric Bloodaxe took York in 948, before being driven out by Edred, and when Amlaíb Cuaran again took York in 949–950, Máel Coluim raided Northumbria as far south as the Tees taking "a multitude of people and many herds of cattle" according to the Chronicle. The Annals of Ulster for 952 report a battle between "the men of Alba and the Britons [of Strathclyde] and the English" against the foreigners, i.e. the Northmen or the Norse-Gaels. This battle is not reported by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and it is unclear whether it should be related to the expulsion of Amlaíb Cuaran from York or the return of Eric Bloodaxe.

The Annals of Ulster report that Máel Coluim was killed in 954. Other sources place this most probably in the Mearns, either at Fetteresso following the Chronicle, or at Dunnottar following the Prophecy of Berchán. He was buried on Iona. Máel Coluim's sons Dub and Cináed were later kings.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_I_of_Scotland

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Máel Coluim mac Domnaill (anglicised Malcolm I) (c. 900–954) was king of Scots (before 943 – 954), becoming king when his cousin Causantín mac Áeda abdicated to become a monk. He was the son of Domnaill mac Causantín (Donald II, King of Scots).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_I_of_Scotland

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359877/Malcolm-I

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King Of Scotland; King In Alba between 942 and 951

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Malcolm I, King of Alba

From http://thepeerage.com/p10289.htm#i102890

Malcolm I, King of Alba was born circa 897. He was the son of Donald II, King of Alba. He died in 954 killed.1 He was buried at Isle of Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland.1

He was also known as Máel Coluim mac Domnaill.2 He succeeded to the title of King Malcolm I of Alba in 943.1

Succeeded Constantine II. Killed in the Mearns (Grampians) by the people of Moray, whom he had forcibly subjugated on his accession in 943. Succeeded by Indulf.

Children of Malcolm I, King of Alba

1.Kenneth II, King of Alba+ d. 995 2.Duff 'the Black', King of Alba+ b. 930, d. 967 Citations

1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 171. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. 2.[S130] Wikipedia, online http://www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.

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Reigned 889-900

Notes Other parishes in Scotland may boast themselves the birthplace of greater men than can Fordoun, but no district in Scotland has seen the death of so many Sovereigns. Donald, King of Alban (889 - 900) was killed in a battle between the Danes and the Scots. "Over Fotherdun upon the brink of the waves he lies, In the east, in his broad, gory bed" says St Berchan. Dr. Skene identifies this with the parish of Fordoun, although referring to Dun Fother or Dunnottar as the locality. The Kingdom of Alban extended from the Forth to the Spey. (http://www.auchenblae.net/strathfinella.htm)

Sources [S327] Lakey - Genealogy, Gilbert Marlow Lakey, (http://members.cox.net/benchrest/Genealogy.html)

[S370] Kings & Queens, Neil Grant, (pub 2003 by Harper-Collins, Publishers, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB), p8 (Reliability: 3)

[S410] Pedigrees of the Scottish Clans, John D McLaughlin, (http://members.aol.com/lochlan4/pedigree.htm), Genelaig Albanensium - (Pedigree of the Kings of Scotland) (Reliability: 3) --------------------

Notes ◦Other parishes in Scotland may boast themselves the birthplace of greater men than can Fordoun, but no district in Scotland has seen the death of so many Sovereigns.

The Pictish Chronicle, written in the tenth century, records that in 954 Malcolm I, King of Alban, was slain by the "Men of the Mearns" (viri na Moerne) at Fodresach (Fetteresso). Dr. Skene, apparently by mistake, supposes his death to have occurred in the parish of Fordoun. St. Berchan says: Nine years to his reign Traversing the Borders, On the brink of Dun Fother at last Will shout the Gael around his grave (http://www.auchenblae.net/strathfinella.htm) Sources 1.[S327] Lakey - Genealogy, Gilbert Marlow Lakey, (http://members.cox.net/benchrest/Genealogy.html)

2.[S370] Kings & Queens, Neil Grant, (pub 2003 by Harper-Collins, Publishers, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB), p8 (Reliability: 3)

3.[S410] Pedigrees of the Scottish Clans, John D McLaughlin, (http://members.aol.com/lochlan4/pedigree.htm), Genelaig Albanensium - (Pedigree of the Kings of Scotland) (Reliability: 3

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Máel Coluim mac Domnaill (anglicized Malcolm I) was king of Scots, becoming king when his cousin Causantín mac Áeda abdicated to become a monk. He was the son of Domnaill mac Causantín.

Since his father was known to have died in the year 900, Malcolm must have been born no later than 901. By the 940s, he was no longer a young man, and may have become impatient in awaiting the throne. Willingly or not—the 11th-century Prophecy of Berchán, a verse history in the form of a supposed prophecy, states that it was not a voluntary decision that Constantine II abdicated in 943 and entered a monastery, leaving the kingdom to Malcolm.

Seven years later, the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says:

[Malcolm I] plundered the English as far as the River Tees, and he seized a multitude of people and many herds of cattle: and the Scots called this the raid of Albidosorum, that is, Nainndisi. But others say that Constantine made this raid, asking of the king, Malcolm, that the kingship should be given to him for a week's time, so that he could visit the English. In fact, it was Malcolm who made the raid, but Constantine incited him, as I have said.

Woolf suggests that the association of Constantine with the raid is a late addition, one derived from a now-lost saga or poem.

He died in the shield wall next to his men.

In 945, Edmund of Wessex, having expelled Amlaíb Cuaran (Olaf Sihtricsson) from Northumbria, devastated Cumbria and blinded two sons of Domnaill mac Eógain, king of Strathclyde. It is said that he then "let" or "commended" Strathclyde to Máel Coluim in return for an alliance. What is to be understood by "let" or "commended" is unclear, but it may well mean that Máel Coluim had been the overlord of Strathclyde and that Edmund recognised this while taking lands in southern Cumbria for himself.

The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says that Máel Coluim took an army into Moray "and slew Cellach". Cellach is not named in the surviving genealogies of the rulers of Moray, and his identity is unknown.

Máel Coluim appears to have kept his agreement with the late English king, which may have been renewed with the new king, Edmund having been murdered in 946 and succeeded by his brother Edred. Eric Bloodaxe took York in 948, before being driven out by Edred, and when Amlaíb Cuaran again took York in 949–950, Máel Coluim raided Northumbria as far south as the Tees taking "a multitude of people and many herds of cattle" according to the Chronicle. The Annals of Ulster for 952 report a battle between "the men of Alba and the Britons [of Strathclyde] and the English" against the foreigners, i.e. the Northmen or the Norse-Gaels. This battle is not reported by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and it is unclear whether it should be related to the expulsion of Amlaíb Cuaran from York or the return of Eric Bloodaxe.

The Annals of Ulster report that Máel Coluim was killed in 954. Other sources place this most probably in the Mearns, either at Fetteresso following the Chronicle, or at Dunnottar following the Prophecy of Berchán. He was buried on Iona. Máel Coluim's sons Dub and Cináed were later kings. -------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_I_of_Scotland

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He become king when his cousin Causantín mac Áeda abdicated to become a monk.

Malcolm I plundered the English as far as the River Tees, and he seized a multitude of people and many herds of cattle: and the Scots called this the raid of Albidosorum, that is, Nainndisi. But others say that Constantine made this raid, asking of the king, Malcolm, that the kingship should be given to him for a week's time, so that he could visit the English. In fact, it was Malcolm who made the raid, but Constantine incited him.

The Annals of Ulster report that Máel Coluim was killed in 954. Other sources place this most probably in the Mearns, either at Fetteresso following the Chronicle, or at Dunnottar following the Prophecy of Berchán. He was buried on Iona. Máel Coluim's sons Dub and Cináed were later kings.

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Edgar, the Aetheling, was the son of Prince Edward of the ancient and royal Saxon House of Wessex and his mother, Agatha, was the daughter of Henry II, emperor of Germany.

Edgar, his mother Agatha, and his two sisters Margaret and Christina, came to England to the court of Edward the Confessor, bringing with them a large number of Hungarian attendants.

Edgar, the Aetheling, had in his own person the Anglo-Saxon claim to the crown of England, but before he could act, William, Duke of Normandy, landed an army in England, gained the throne, and was crowned in London before the end of the year 1066.

Edgar abandoned his claim to the throne and swore loyalty to William at Berkhamstead on December 25, 1066. In return, William gave Edgar an earldom with large possessions.

Edgar later became suspicious of William, and taking his two sisters, his mother Agatha, and their attendants, fled England and sailed for Scotland. High winds drove their ship into the Firth of Forth at St. Margaret's Hope, Queenferry, Scotland. They were received by King Malcolm II, Canmore of Scotland.

King Malcolm II was the son of King Duncan of Scotland. King Duncan had been killed in a battle with MacBeth. Afterwards, Malcolm II defeated MacBeth and took the Scottish crown as Malcolm II, Canmore.

Later, King Malcolm offered his hand to Princess Margaret, daughter of Agatha, and sister of Edgar. Margaret accepted and became the Queen of Scotland.

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He gained the title of King Kenneth of Alba. He succeeded to the title of King Kenneth II of Scotland.

He was possbily killed by Finvela, a noblewoman whose son was killed by the king. She is said to have lured Kenneth into her home promising to unmask traiters. In one room, a statue was connected to several hidden crossbows which were set to fire bolts from every side when a golden apple on the statue was lifted. After a great feast, at which wine flowed freely, Finvela took her drunken guest into the fatal room and offered him the golden apple as a gesture of peace. As he lifted the apple, he was struck by a hail of bolts.

He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography