King Of Strathclyde Malcolm Caenmore

King Of Strathclyde Malcolm Caenmore

Male Abt 1031 - 1093  (62 years)


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  • Name Malcolm Caenmore 
    Title King Of Strathclyde 
    Birth Abt 1031  Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 25 Apr 1058  Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1093  Nothumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 13 Nov 1093  Nothumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7714  footsteps | Ancestors, Beaufort
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father High King of Scotland Duncan MacCrinan,   b. 1001, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1040, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sibyl Biornsson,   b. 1009, Nothumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1040, Lona Nr Elgin Moran, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F4501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Saint Margaret Margaret Wessex,   b. 8 Sep 1045, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 1069  Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Eadgith Dunkeld,   b. 1079, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1118, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. King Of The Scots David Canmore,   b. 1080, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1153, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 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.