Malcolm III Ceann-Mor Malcolm III Big Head Malcolm III Longneck Malcolm III Langhals

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Malcolm I Ruairis etterslekt har tilknytting til Norge. Malcolm hadde sønnene Duff (Svarte), -962-967, og Kenneth II Mælbrigde, -971-995, da Orkneyjarlen Sigurd Digre oppkastet seg som konge, bl.a. over Man, men døde 1005. En tredje sønn til Malcolm var Finnlaich, marmaor of Moray, død 1020, far til Shakespeare's kong MacBeth, nevnt fra 1040 til 1057, da han ble felt av Malcolm Canmore. Sistnevnte ble dynastiskaper for et tredje, skotsk kongehus med tildels norske navn.

Malcolm Canmore (literally Malcolm 'big head', perhaps Malcolm 'great leader' captures the essence) (Mael Coluim Ceann Moir mac Donnchad) Before talking about Malcolm, I must again write a word about Macbeth. Macbeth, in actuality, had a legitimate claim to the kingship, and appears to have been a competent and well liked king as well. Contemporary sources noted that Scotland was prosperous during his reign, and a contemporary chronicler noted that Macbeth 'scattered money like seed among the poor' during his pilgrimage to Rome in 1050.

To turn to Malcolm, his first attempt to gain the kingship came in 1054, when he invaded Scotland with an English army and fought a battle on 27 July. It was not a decisive battle for either side; higher Scottish losses were reported, but Earl Siward's son was killed, and Macbeth remained king. Macbeth does, however, appear to have been seriously weakened by the battle. In 1057, Malcolm made his second attempt on the throne. He was defeated by Macbeth on 15 August 1057, but Macbeth was mortally wounded, and died the next day. Macbeth was succeeded by another member of the Cenel Loairn, Lulach son of Gillacomgain. Lulach proved to be less stern opposition, and Malcolm defeated and killed him on 17 March 1058, and took the kingship.

Malcolm soon turned on his English allies, and invaded Northumbria in 1061. Another invasion in 1070 was not well received by William the Conqueror, who invaded Scotland in 1072, and forced Malcolm to give up his son Duncan as a hostage. Malcolm successfully dealt with internal opposition in 1077, when he defeated an attempt by Lulach's son Maelsnetchai to seize the kingship. A raid on England in 1079 was defeated, but a successful raid in 1091 set off the chain of events which lead to Malcolm's death. William Rufus refused to respond to overtures from Malcolm in 1093, and Malcolm invaded England for the last time. During the siege of Alnwick Castle in Northumbria, Malcolm was ambushed and killed along with his son Edward on 13 November 1093. He was succeeded by his brother Donald Ban.

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