AthelingMalcolm is killed at Alnwick
The King of Scots and his heir Edward die raiding Northumbria. Margaret follows within days.
What the record says
Malcolm was killed near Alnwick on 13 November 1093 and his son Edward died of his wounds. Queen Margaret, Edgar's sister, died at Edinburgh on 16 November. Malcolm's brother Donald Bane seized the throne and drove out the English-raised sons.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 13 November 1093 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- Robert and Rufus make peace over Edgar's head
The brothers' treaty strips the ætheling of his Norman lands and sends him back to Scotland.
- Edgar puts his nephew on the Scottish throne
With Rufus's army behind him, the ætheling drives out Donald Bane and makes the younger Edgar king.
- William dies and Edgar joins Robert
Normandy goes to Robert Curthose, England to William Rufus, and the ætheling picks Robert.
- Henry I marries Edgar's niece
The new king weds Edith of Scotland, who takes the name Matilda, and the blood of Cerdic returns to the English crown.
- Edgar leaves William's court
The ætheling walks out on a king who gives him little honour and sails for Norman Italy.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum, in Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia, ed. Thomas Arnold, Rolls Series, 1882 to 1885
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
- The Henry Project / medieval source compilation: Malcolm III
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