Mael Mac Cinaed
Mael Coluim Mac Cinaed, Male 5 October 958 - 25 November 1034
Born, Argyll, Dâal Riata, Scotland.
Died, Glamis Castle, Angue (killed by kinsman).
Married to Blanaid O'Brian.
[michaelrneuman.ged]d "Forranach"meaning "Destroyer" in Gaelic) (died November 25, 1034) was King ofScots (Alba) from 1005 to 1034. He was the son of King Kenneth II ofScotland and first cousin of his predecessor, King Kenneth III ofScotland (Cinâaed mac Duib), who was murdered by Malcolm II at theBattle of Monzievaird in 1005.nneth IIIbut Malcolm II finally gained the throne after Kenneth III's death. Itappears that he only ruled part of Scotland during his reign, inopposition to leaders from Moray such as Findlâaech mac Ruaidrâi (d.1020, probably father of Macbeth), and Mâael Coluim mac Mâail Brigti (d.1029), both of whom were also called Kings of Alba (and thereforeScotland) in the Irish annals, though neither are called Kings ofScotland in modern texts. In 1006, Malcolm II was defeated byNorthumbrian forces under Uhtred the Bold while besieging Durham. TheEnglish then became preoccupied with the Danish allowing Malcolm II tomarch south, avenging the loss at Durham by winning the Battle ofCarham against the Anglo-Saxons in 1016 and, thereby, regainingLothian. Thirteen years later, however, Canute, King of England,Denmark, and Norway, travelled to Scotland. What happened is lost totime, but claims that Malcolm II submitted to Canute seem veryunlikely. However, Canute seems to have recognised Malcolm II'spossession of Lothian.e Bald ofStrathclyde and together they defeated King Canute at the Battle ofCarham in 1018. He battled to expand his kingdom, gaining land down tothe River Tweed and in Strathclyde. When King Owen died without anheir, Malcolm II claimed Strathclyde for his grandson, Duncan. Thiscaused dissent throughout the Kingdom of Strathclyde which resulted inMalcolm II's murder at Glamis in 1034. He was buried on the Isle ofIona shortly after.l Malcolm,King of Moray, who was in c 1007 married to Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earlof Orkney, then that is an indication that Malcolm II's influenceextended to the far north, in addition to the south where hisexpansion is well-attested.s to succeedhim. Malcolm II lived, according to contemporary accounts, to a greatage - which means that not only the generation of his children wereadults (that itself was much rarer in that era than today), there wereeven his grandchildren already adults and capable to take reins ofpower.r (orgranddaughter) has been said to have produced the future king MacBethof Scotland. Malcolm II's (reportedly eldest) daughter, Bethoc,married Crâinâan, the Abbot of Dunkeld and their son became Duncan I (c.1010?1040), who succeeded Malcolm II upon his death in 1034.rd hadThorfinn Sigurdsson, who established his rule in the lands ofCaithness and Sutherland and allegedly in several other northern partsof Scotland too. It has been a question of loyalty whether this meantthey became any better under the control of the King of Alba, but atleast it means that Thorfinn had a separate sphere of power innorthern Scotland at and soon after Malcolm's death.clyde.liography[3105393.ged]thshi re,Scotlandf Monzievaird. In 1006 he was defeated by Northumbrian forces at Durha m,only to be avenged at the battle of Carham in 1018. Althoug h thisvictory helped to confirm his hold on Lothian and establi sh the RiverTweed as the border between Scotland and England, h e was stillsubject to the overlordship of Cnut, to whom he subm itted in1031/2.[brucedjohnson.ged]theof, Earlof the, reigned 30years.
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