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Notes for King of Scotland, *Malcolm II MacKenneth | ||||||||||
229Malcolm II (1005-34) Malcolm, son of Kenneth II, took advantage of the fact that the English were preoccupied with Danish raids and marched south, winning the Battle of Carham against the Angles in 1018 and thereby regaining Lothian. Thirteen years later, however, King Canute invaded Scotland, probably because Malcolm had been making alliances with the Danes, and forced the Scottish king to submit to him (submission was a traditional expression of personal homage). However, Canute seems to have recognised Malcolm's possession of Lothian. In the west, Malcolm had the alliance of Strathclyde, whilst the marriage of his daughter to Sigurd the Stout, Norse Earl of Orkney, extended Malcolm's influence to the far north. Malcolm died at Glamis, Angus on 25 November 1034, aged at least 80. After Malcolm II's reign, Scottish succession was based on the principle of direct descent. (Previously, succession was determined by tanistry - during a king's lifetime an heir was chosen and known as tanaiste rig (second to the king).) -------------------------------------------------- For some genealogy info. go to http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedkup/n=royal?royal02248 219 Malcolm II who reigned from 1005 to 1034 was the last king in the direct male line to descend from Kennth MacAlpine. The clan Donnachaidh descends from Malcolm II. This clan name means "Children of Duncan". Their ancestors were known to the Romans as the Kaledonioi, one of the eleven tribes of the northern Pictish nation. The Kaledonioi inhabited that part of Scotland now known as Atholl in Perthshire. One of the first recorded entries on this people occurred in the year 84 A.D., when they fought in the great battle known as Mons Graupius against the Romans. The most precious clan relic is the celebrated rock crystal charm stone of the clan, the "Clach na Brataich" or "ensign stone". It was unearthed when the chief's standard pole was pulled from the ground while on the march to Bannockburn. It has been carried by all chiefs since then when leading the clan to battle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 142 Malcolm II, 16th from Fergus, the 131st Monarch of Scotland of the Milesian Race. He had no sons. Of his two daughters, the younger, Doda, became the wife of Synel, Lord Glamis, and had a son, Macbeth, who died 1057. Beatrice was the elder daughter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He gained the throne by murdering Kenneth III and his son in the town of Perth. | ||||||||||
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