The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameMalcolm II "The Destroyer" King of Scots
Birth954, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Death25 Nov 1034, Glamis, Angus, Scotland
BurialIsle of Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland
OccupationKing of Scotland, King Bet 1005 and 1034
FatherKenneth II King of Scots (932-995)
Motherunknown (-1044)
Misc. Notes
Also known as: "Máel Coluim mac Cináeda", "Malcolm MacKenneth", "Maol Chaluim mac Choinnich", "Melkolf", "King Malcolm II of /Scotland/", "o Destruidor", "Malcolm II // K of Scots", "Mael /Coluim/", "Máel Coluim /Mac Cináeda/", "MacAlpin", "Máel Coluim mac Cináeda (Gaelic)", "8955", "The Des..."
King of Scotland, King Bet 1005 and 1034.
Cause of death: Murdered.

Name, year and place of birth and death from:
https://www.geni.com/people/Malcolm-II-The-Destroy.../6000000000013017126

According to:
http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/macalpin_15.htm
King Malcolm II was the last of the ancient [dynasty] line of the House of MacAlpin. Malcolm, was much respected by his contemporaries, the Irish Annals refer to him as 'honoured among all men.'
He had succeeded to Scotland's throne after killing his predeccesor, Kenneth III in battle at Monzievaird, to the north of Crieff, on 25th March, 1005. Kenneth's son, Giric, was also killed in the battle. Malcolm later had Kenneth's grandson killed to ensure the succession of his grandson Duncan I, son of his daughter Bethoc, as his successor.


Wikipedia list three daughters; Bethóc, Donada, Olith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_II_of_Scotland

Wikipedia also writes, “since Malcolm had no son of his own, he undertook to negotiate a series of dynastic marriages of his three daughters to men who might otherwise be his rivals, while securing the loyalty of the principal chiefs, their relatives. First he married his daughter Bethoc to Crinan, Thane of The Isles, head of the house of Atholl and secular Abbot of Dunkeld; then his youngest daughter, Olith, to Sigurd, Earl of Orkney. His middle daughter, Donada, was married to Finlay, Earl of Moray, Thane of Ross and Cromarty and a descendant of Loarn of Dalriada. This was risky business under the rules of succession of the Gael, but he thereby secured his rear and, taking advantage of the renewal of Viking attacks on England, marched south to fight the English”.

According to:
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/malcolmii.html
Malcolm's three daughters had between them produced three notable sons. One married Earl Sigurd of Orkney, and their son Earl Thorfinn went on to bring much of Caithness and Sutherland into Scotland. One married Crínán, the Abbot of Dunkeld, and their son Duncan went on to succeed Malcom II as Duncan I. And the third married Findlàech, the sub-king of Moray, and their son Macbeth went on to kill Duncan (with Thorfinn's help) and become King Macbeth.

According to:
https://www.britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=malcolm2
King Malcolm II of Scotland is the 28th great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.

Brian of nzolivers.com is descendant from King Malcolm II and his daughter, Olith.
Queen Elizabeth II descends from Malcolm II’s other daughter, Bethoc.

Brian determines the following line, that makes King Malcolm II of Scotland the 30th great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II
Malcolm II
Bethoc:
Duncan I
Malcolm III,
Matilda of Scotland
Empress Matilda
Henry II of England
John, King of England
Henry III of England
Edward I of England
Edward II of England
Edward III of England
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
James II of Scotland
James III of Scotland
James IV of Scotland
James V of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
James I of England
Elizabeth Stuart
Sophia of Hanover
George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
Frederick, Prince of Wales
George III of the United Kingdom
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
George V of the United Kingdom
George VI of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Please see table for Brian’s lineage to King Malcolm II and for other lineages of Queen Elizabeth II:
http://www.nzolivers.com/lineage.html
Spouses
Birth962, Ossory, Ireland
Death983, Angus, Scotland
OccupationQueen of Scotland
ChildrenOlith (Anleta) (ca976-1034)
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