Ruler · 1000 – 1005

Kenneth III of Scotland

Lived 1000 – 1005; politician. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 997 – 1005.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1000 – 1005; 5 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: died in battle; Wikidata's manner of death

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 15th of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

11 before

Cuilén967 – 971

Kenneth II of Scotland971 – 995

Constantine III of Scotland995 – 997

Kenneth III of Scotland997 – 1005

Malcolm II of Scotland1005 – 1034

Duncan I of Scotland1034 – 1040

Macbeth1040 – 1057

33 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 997 – 1005 · 8 years

Left it: died in battleWikidata's manner of death: death in battle

Kenneth III was killed in battle at Monzievaird in Strathearn by King Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda), which took place about 25 March 1005.

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