SCOTLAND, Malcolm III of
1031 - 1093 (62 years)
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Name SCOTLAND, Malcolm III of Birth 26 Mar 1031 Scotland 
Gender Male Books About Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland 
Margaret of Scotland Differentiator Malcolm appears in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth as Malcolm, and also as the anti-hero of its 2009-written (by Noah Lukeman), and historically very inaccurate, successor-play The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II. Relation to Me 29 GGF Royalty & Nobility Between 1058 and 1093 King of the Scots Name Canmore (ceann mòr) in Scottish Gaelic, "Great Chief" Death 13 Nov 1093 Alnwick, Northumberland, England Person ID I915 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father DUNCAN, I, b. 1001 d. 14 Aug 1040 (Age 39 years) Relationship natural Mother Living Relationship natural Family ID F1803 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SCOTLAND, Margaret of, b. 1045, Hungary d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 48 years) Children + 1. PRINCESS OF SCOTLAND, Matilda, b. 1088 d. 1 May 1118 (Age 30 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. SCOTLAND, King David I of, b. 1084 d. 24 May 1153 (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F226 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - 26 Mar 1031 - Scotland 
Death - 13 Nov 1093 - Alnwick, Northumberland, England = Link to Google Earth
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When you find a Gateway Ancestor in your family tree, it is almost impossible not to go down a rabbit hole of ancestry leading to connections with countless ancestors of the royal and noble classes. These lines have been extensively researched and documented by historians, so it is really just a matter of following the line. I've spent countless hours engrossed in the stories these royal lines have uncovered. In this album, I will link to ancestors who were members of the Royal class. Royalty refers to the ruling monarch and their immediate family. This includes kings, queens, princes, and princesses. The monarch is typically the highest authority in the land and has the power to grant titles of nobility.
Keep in mind that it is not necessarily unusual to be descended from royalty. After all, many of these connections go back to my 25th great grandparents and beyond. Theoretically, we have 67,108,864 sets of 25th great grandparents (In reality, due to a phenomenon known as pedigree collapse, where ancestors appear in the family tree multiple times in different generations due to intermarriage within a community, the actual number of unique 25th great-grandparents a person has is likely to be much lower). With this many, it might be more unusual NOT to descend from royalty. However, what makes our ancestry so unique is that we can TRACE it that far back, person to person to person. Since my fascination with our ancestry lies in my curiosity about the stories of the individual people, this is beyond compelling to me. It is like getting lost in a series of medieval novels in which I have an actual connection to the characters. It brings history to life.
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Notes - Malcolm's long reign, lasting 35 years, preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norman age. He is the historical equivalent of the character of the same name in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Malcolm III fought a succession of wars against the Kingdom of England, which may have had as their goal the conquest of the English earldom of Northumbria. These wars did not result in any significant advances southwards. Malcolm's main achievement is to have continued a line which would rule Scotland for many years, although his role as "founder of a dynasty" has more to do with the propaganda of his youngest son David, and his descendants, than with any historical reality.
- Malcolm's long reign, lasting 35 years, preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norman age. He is the historical equivalent of the character of the same name in Shakespeare's Macbeth.