KING OF SCOTLAND MALCOLM (II)

ABT 0970 - ____

• TITLE: II
  
• BIRTH: ABT 0970

1. +BETHOC "BEATRICE" ALPIN

                  _ALPIN MALCOLM _+
 _ALPIN KENNETH _|
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|--KING OF SCOTLAND MALCOLM 
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INDEX

[1030] THE FINAL KING OF THE HOUSE OF ALPIN (CROWNED AT SCONE LIKE ALL HIS
PREDECSSORS) KEPT HIMSELF IN POWER BY A SHREWD COMBINATION OF TENACITY
AND RUTHLESSNESS. IN 1018 HIS VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF VARHAM ADDED
LOTHIAN TO THE KINGDOM OF SCOTIA AND WHEN HE FAILED TO PRODUCE A SON
HE
CLEARED THE ROYAL PATH FOR HIS GRANDSON DUNCAN BY MURDERING THE
GRANDSON
OF KENNETH III.

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