Malcolm II o Scotland

Malcolm (Gaelic: Máel Coluim; c. 954 - 25 November 1034)^[1] wis King o the Scots frae 1005 till his daith.^[2] He wis a son o King Kenneth II; the Prophecy o Berchán says that his mither wis a wumman o Leinster an refers tae him as Forranach, "the Destroyer".^[3]

Malcolm II
King o Scots
Ring	1005–1034
Predecessor	Kenneth III
Successor	Duncan I
Born	c. 954
Dee'd	(1034-11-25)25 November 1034 Glamis
Buirial	Iona
Issue	Bethóc Donada Olith
Hoose	Alpin
Faither	Kenneth II

Tae the Erse annals which recordit his daith, Malcolm wis ard rí Alban, Heich King o Scotland. In the same wey that Brian Boru, Heich King o Ireland, wis no the anerly king in Ireland, Malcolm wis ane o several kings athin the geographical boondars o modren Scotland: his fellae kings includit the king o Strathclyde, who ruled muckle o the sooth-wast, various Norse-Gael kings on the wastren coast an the Hebrides an, nearest an maist dangerous rivals, the kings or Mormaers o Moray. Tae the sooth, in the Kinrick o Ingland, the Yerls o Bernicie an Northumbrie, whase predecessors as kings o Northumbrie haed ance ruled maist o soothren Scotland, still controlled lairge pairts o the sootheast.^[4]