How to Pronounce Malcolm III of Scotland
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Mar 26, 1031 Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 13 Nov 1093 (aged 62)
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About Malcolm Iii Of Scotland
- Malcolm III (Scottish Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Donnchada; c.
- 26 March 1031 – 13 November 1093) was King of Scots from 1058 to 1093.
- He was later nicknamed "Canmore" ("ceann mòr", Gaelic for "Great Chief": "ceann" denotes "leader", "head" (of state) and "mòr" denotes "pre-eminent", "great", and "big").
- Malcolm's long reign of 35 years preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norman age.
- Henry I of England and Eustace III of Boulogne were his sons-in-law, making him the maternal grandfather of Empress Matilda, William Adelin and Matilda of Boulogne.
- All three of them were prominent in English politics during the 12th century. Malcolm's kingdom did not extend over the full territory of modern Scotland: the north and west of Scotland remained under Scandinavian rule following the Norse invasions.
- Malcolm III fought a series of wars against the Kingdom of England, which may have had as its objective the conquest of the English earldom of Northumbria.
- These wars did not result in any significant advances southward.
- Malcolm's primary achievement was to continue a lineage that ruled Scotland for many years, although his role as founder of a dynasty has more to do with the propaganda of his youngest son David I and his descendants than with history.Malcolm's second wife, St.
- Margaret of Scotland, is Scotland's only royal saint.
- Malcolm himself had no reputation for piety; with the notable exception of Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, he is not definitely associated with major religious establishments or ecclesiastical reforms.
