Malcolm, elder son of Duncan

Malcolm, son of Duncan I and brother of Donalbain, to us known as Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland 1058-1093 was one of the two boys who fled south upon the death of their father at Pitgaveny near Elgin. Some sources say to Cumbria and his uncle Maldred others to Siward of Northumbria who was a distant relation to his mother through marriage.

In the year 1050 with the help of Siward, he invaded southern Scotland and forced Macbeth back towards the north but was later countered and repulsed. He then married a daughter of Thorfinn, a woman called Ingibiorg and some say that this union cemented an alliance against Macbeth. Malcolm had much to be vengeful about for his grandfather Crinnan was also the victim of Macbeth when that Abbot led an unsupported rebellion against the king in 1045 and was killed for his trouble.

Putting the setback of 1050 behind him Malcolm again struck north, supported by the men of Northumbria, and in 1054 defeated Macbeth at Dunsinnan near Perth forcing the king north. Declaring himself King of Scotland we now had two rulers in a divided kingdom. Three years later he caught up with Macbeth at a little place called Lumphanan near Aberdeen where the final battle and longed for revenge took place. Macbeth was killed and the body was beheaded with the head placed on the customary spear for display to the victors.