On This Day In History: Malcolm III, King of Scots Died – On Nov 13, 1093

AncientPages.com - On November 13, 1093, died Malcolm III, King of Scots from 1058 to 1093.

He was nicknamed Canmore (in Scottish Gaelic: "Great Chief," Malcolm ruled for 35 years, and his reign preceded the beginning of the Scotto-Norman age.

In 1115, Malcolm III was exhumed and reburied in Dunfermline Abbey. Image credt: Mussklprozz - CC BY-SA 3.0

He was the dynasty founder that consolidated royal power in the Scottish kingdom.

He is the historical equivalent of the character of the same name in the famous work of Shakespeare - Macbeth.
Malcolm III was born in 1031; he was the eldest son of King Duncan I.

As the eldest son, he was appointed the successor to the throne. In 1040, when he was nine years old, his father was killed in battle by Macbeth - his cousin.

Macbeth, at that time, was the new king of Scotland, and Malcolm was forced to live in exile in England during part of the reign of his father's murderer, Macbeth (reigned 1040–57).

Malcolm killed Macbeth in battle in 1057 and then ascended the throne. After the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, Malcolm gave refuge to the Anglo-Saxon prince Edgar Ætheling and his sisters, one of whom, Margaret (later St. Margaret), became his second wife.

Disputes with its southern neighbor ended in 1072 when Malcolm, under pressure from King William II of the Red, swore subordination to England, which caused controversy among almost the same court, and the population of Scotland because it meant the end of one hundred percent of the sovereignty of the state

In 1093 Malcolm decided to recover the independence of Scotland and began the war with Wilhelm II, who had a well-organized army and quickly restrained Malcolm.

King of Scotland died November 13, 1093, at the Battle of Alnwick, in which the King of England attacked the Scottish armies by surprise.

In the same battle, also died the son of Malcolm, Edward. It was a big fiasco for the Scots. On his death, Malcolm was succeeded by the joint rule of his brother, Donald III, and his second son Edmund.

Malcolm was initially buried at Tynemouth Priory, but in 1115 he was exhumed and reburied in the monastery of the Benedictine Durnfemline, built by his wife Margaret in 1070.

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