Person

Malcolm III of Scotland

d. 1093 · 11th century · Also known as Malcolm Canmore

Malcolm III, called Canmore, was king of Scots from 1058 to 1093. He killed Macbeth in 1057 and Lulach in 1058, and married first Ingibiorg and then the English princess Margaret, whose sons founded the line of later Scottish kings. He raided northern England several times and was killed near Alnwick in 1093.

Malcolm III of Scotland
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Kingdom of Moray

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