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Alexander was the fourth son of Malcolm III by his wife Margaret of Wessex, grandniece of Edward the Confessor.
" The king referred to is Alexander's father, Malcolm III, and Domnall was Alexander's half brother.
MacBeth ruled for seventeen years before he was overthrown by Máel Coluim, the son of Donnchad, who some months later defeated MacBeth's step-son and successor Lulach to become king Máel Coluim III ( Malcolm III ).
Lulach ruled only for a few months before being assassinated and usurped by Malcolm III ( Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ).
John of Fordun wrote that Duncan's wife fled Scotland, taking her children, including the future kings Malcolm III ( Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ) and Donald III ( Domnall Bán mac Donnchada, or Donalbane ) with her.
The result of the invasion was that one Máel Coluim, " son of the king of the Cumbrians " ( not to be confused with Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, the future Malcolm III of Scotland ) was restored to his throne, i. e., as ruler of the kingdom of Strathclyde.
It may be that the events of 1054 are responsible for the idea, which appears in Shakespeare's play, that Malcolm III was put in power by the English.
Macbeth did not survive the English invasion, for he was defeated and mortally wounded or killed by the future Malcolm III (" King Malcolm Ceann-mor ", son of Duncan I ) on the north side of the Mounth in 1057, after retreating with his men over the Cairnamounth Pass to take his last stand at the battle at Lumphanan.
The Duan Albanach, which survives in a form dating to the reign of Malcolm III, calls him " Mac Bethad the renowned ".
Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ( Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh, called in most Anglicised regnal lists Malcolm III, and in later centuries nicknamed Canmore, " Big Head ", either literally or in reference to his leadership, " Long-neck "; died 13 November 1093 ), was King of Scots.
Malcolm III fought a succession of wars against the Kingdom of England, which may have had as their goal the conquest of the English earldom of Northumbria.
Margaret also gave Malcolm two daughters, Edith, who married Henry I of England, and Mary, who married Eustace III of Boulogne.
The married life of Malcolm III and Margaret has been the subject of two historical novels: A Goodly Pearl ( 1905 ) by Mary H. Debenham, and Malcolm Canmore's Pearl ( 1907 ) by Agnes Grant Hay.
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