King of Scotland Edmund

1070 - Aft 1097  (> 28 years)

• Name	Edmund
  Title	King of Scotland
  Birth	Dec 1070	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FOUGHT+IN+THE+BATTLE+OF+ALNWICK	13 Nov 1093	Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  	Edward fought alongside his father against the English in the Battle of Alnwick. Both Edward and his father Malcolm were mortally wounded in the battle.
  HEIR+DESIGNATE+OF+DUNCAN+II+OF+SCOTLAND	From April 1094 to November 1094
  	Edmund supported his half-brother Duncan (also known as Donnchad mac Máel Coluim) in his attempt to hold the throne of Scotland and it is believed that Duncan named Edmund his Heir Designate.
  SWITCHED+SIDES++TO+SUPPORT+DONALD+III	Nov 1094
  ORDERED+THE+DEATH+OF+HIS+BROTHER+DUNCAN	12 Nov 1094
  	"Donnchad son of Mael Coluim, king of Scotland, was treacherously killed by his own brothers Domnall and Edmond", although killed in battle by Máel Petair of Mearns, it is believed Duncan II's death was ordered by Donald III and Edmund. Edmund's own br
  PASSED+OVER+FOR+SUCCESSION	Although Edmund was Malcolm III's second son, he was passed over in subsequent successions as a result of betraying his siblings by siding with their uncle, Donald III.
  SUPPORTED+THE+WRONG+KING	1097
  	Edmund's uncle Edgar Ætheling and Edmund's younger brothers, came north in 1097, driving Donald from the throne and installing Edmund's younger brother Edgar as king, with Alexander as his heir-designate.
  Title of Nobility	Prince of Scotland
  TONSURED+AND+EXILED	1097
  	For siding with Donald III and betraying his own brothers, Edmund was tonsured and sent to the Cluniac monastery at Montacute in Somerset. He fared better than Donald who was mutilated and died in prison in 1099
  _FSFTID	974N-V42
  Death	Aft 1097	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Burial	Montacute Castle, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I33430	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	King Of Scotland Malcolm III,   b. 26 Mar 1031, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Saint and Queen of Scotland Margaret of Wessex,,   b. 8 Sep 1045, Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1068	Scotland
  Family ID	F13321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  FOUGHT+IN+THE+BATTLE+OF+ALNWICK - Edward fought alongside his father against the English in the Battle of Alnwick. Both Edward and his father Malcolm were mortally wounded in the battle. - 13 Nov 1093 - Alnwick, Northumberland, England Death - Aft 1097 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth