Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameMalcolm II (Melkolf) Mackenneth , King Of Scotland 
Birthabt 970, Scotland
Death25 Nov 1034, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland
Death MemoKilled by his kinsman
BurialIona, Argyllshire, Scotland
FatherKenneth II , King Of Scotland (~932-995)
Notes for Malcolm II (Melkolf) Mackenneth , King Of Scotland
Malcolm II
b. c. 954
d. Nov. 25, 1034
conquered Lothian 1018. King of Alba, King of Strathclyde.
Said to have married an Irishwoman from Ossory. Killed by his kinsman.
King of Scotland from 1005 to 1034, the first to reign over an extent of land roughly corresponding to much of modern Scotland.
Malcolm succeeded to the throne after killing his predecessor, Kenneth III, and allegedly secured his territory by defeating a Northumbrian army at the battle of Carham (c. 1016); he not only confirmed the Scottish hold over the land between the rivers Forth and Tweed but also secured Strathclyde about the same time. Eager to secure the royal succession for his daughter's son Duncan, he tried to eliminate possible rival claimants; but Macbeth, with royal connections to both Kenneth II and Kenneth III, survived to challenge the succession.
Malcolm 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).)
b. c. 954
d. Nov. 25, 1034
conquered Lothian 1018. King of Alba, King of Strathclyde.
Said to have married an Irishwoman from Ossory. Killed by his kinsman.
King of Scotland from 1005 to 1034, the first to reign over an extent of land roughly corresponding to much of modern Scotland.
Malcolm succeeded to the throne after killing his predecessor, Kenneth III, and allegedly secured his territory by defeating a Northumbrian army at the battle of Carham (c. 1016); he not only confirmed the Scottish hold over the land between the rivers Forth and Tweed but also secured Strathclyde about the same time. Eager to secure the royal succession for his daughter's son Duncan, he tried to eliminate possible rival claimants; but Macbeth, with royal connections to both Kenneth II and Kenneth III, survived to challenge the succession.
Malcolm 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).)
Notes for Mrs. Malcolm (Spouse 1)
Malcolm II was the son of Kenneth II and a Leinster princess from the Liffey Plain in Ireland. He had a daughter who married Sigurd II (the Stout) of Orkney and a daughter Bethoc who married Crinan, Abbot of Dunkeld and was father of Duncan.
Malcolm II of Alba, King of Scotland
Malcolm II of Alba, King of Scotland