Malcolm Caenmore, King Of Strathclyde

Abt 1031 - 1093  (62 years)

• Name	Malcolm Caenmore
  Title	King Of Strathclyde
  Birth	Abt 1031	Perthshire, England
  Christening	25 Apr 1058	Perthshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1093	Nothumberland, England
  Death	13 Nov 1093	Nothumberland, England
  Person ID	I7565	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Duncan MacCrinan, High King of Scotland ,   b. 1001, Morayshire, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1040, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sibyl Biornsson,   b. 1009, Nothumberland, England d. 14 Aug 1040, Lona Nr Elgin Moran, Scotland (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Wessex, Saint Margaret ,   b. 8 Sep 1045, Hungary d. Abt 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1069	Fifeshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Eadgith Dunkeld,   b. 1079, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 1 May 1118, Middlesex, England (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. David Canmore, King Of The Scots ,   b. 1080, Midlothian, Scotland d. 24 May 1153, Cumberland, England (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Malcolm was the son of Duncan I who was killed by Macbeth in 1040. He f o u n d s a fe haven in Northumbria and the support of its ruler Earl Siward , w h o l e d a n army against Macbeth in 1054. Siward and Malcolm defeated M a c b e t h at the battle of Dunsinnan but although Malcolm's lands were res t o r e d t o him, he did not dislodge Macbeth from the throne. It wasn't un t i l t h r ee yeears later, on 15 August 1057 at the battle of Lumphanan, t h a t M a l colm again defeated Macbeth. But it was Lulach, Macbeth's stepso n a n d c o u sin who became king. After less than four months however, Malc ol m h a d L u lach killed and replaced him on the Scottish throne.