Ruler · 1141 – 1165

Malcolm IV of Scotland

Lived 1141 – 1165; politician. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 1153 – 1165.

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

Lived: 1141 – 1165; 24 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 28th of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

24 before

Edgar1097 – 1107

Alexander I of Scotland1107 – 1124

David I of Scotland1124 – 1153

Malcolm IV of Scotland1153 – 1165

William the Lion1165 – 1214

Alexander II of Scotland1214 – 1249

Alexander III of Scotland1249 – 1286

20 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 1153 – 1165 · 12 years · came to it aged 12

Came to it: inheritedthe grandchild of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

The original Malcolm Canmore, a name now associated with his great-grandfather Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada), he succeeded his grandfather David I, and shared David's Anglo-Norman tastes.

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