Malcolm Canmore Family Tree 1031-1093

 

 Malcolm Canmore Family Tree showing:
parents
siblings
partners 
children

• Duncan I
  of Scotland
  c1001 – 1040Sybilla of
  Northumbria
  dates unknown
  • Donald III
    of Scotland
    c1033 – 1099
  • Maelmuire
    c1035 – c1110
  • 1.Ingibiorg
    Finnsdottir
    d. c1069MALCOLM III
    OF SCOTLAND
    1031 – 10932.Margaret
    of Scotland
    1045 – 1093
    • 1. Duncan II
      of Scotland
      c1060 – 1094
    • 2. Malcolm
      of Scotland
      d. 1093
    • 2. Donald
      of Scotland
      d. 1085
    • 2. Edward
      of Scotland
      d. 1093
    • 2. Edmund
      of Scotland
      1070 – 1098
    • 2. Edgar
      of Scotland
      1074 – 1107
    • 2. Alexander I
      of Scotland
      1077 – 1124
    • 2. Edith
      of England
      1080 – 1118
    • 2. David I
      of Scotland
      1084 – 1153
    • 2. Ethelred
      of Scotland
      d. 1093
    • 2. Mary of
      Boulogne
      1082 – 1116

 

Short Biography

King Malcolm III, known as Malcolm Canmore was born on 26th March 1031 to King Duncan I and and Sybilla of Northumbria. His father was killed in battle in 1040 and the throne was taken by Macbeth. In 1057 Malcolm killed Macbeth  and succeeded as King Malcolm III.

Malcolm married Ingibiorg, daughter of Thorfinn, Jarl of Orkney securing the support of the North. They had one son, Duncan. Ingibiorg’s brothers fought at the Battle of Stamford Bridge with Harald Hardrada in 1066. 

After the Norman invasion, Malcolm gave refuge to Saxons fleeing the invader and after the death of Ingibiorg, Malcolm married Margaret, daughter of Edward the Exile, sister of Edgar Aetheling, claimant to the English throne. They had ten children. 

In 1070, King Malcolm III invaded Northumbria and took Cumbria. In 1072 he accepted the overlordship of William the Conqueror but continued to make subsequent raids into England.

In 1092 King William II took a force north and defeated Malcolm at the Battle of Abernathy. Malcolm’s son Duncan and Queen Margaret’s brother Edgar Aetheling were taken to England as hostages. The following year Malcolm invaded England but was killed on 13th November at the Battle of Alnwick. 

 

 

First published 2017; updated and republished Nov 05 2022 @ 6:47 pm – Updated – [last-modified]