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Malcolm IV of Scotland


 

Malcolm IV (c. 1141- December 9, 1165) was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1152), son of King David I, and succeeded his grandfather David as king of Scotland in 1153. Pious, frail, and chaste, he was known as "Malcolm the Maiden," and died unmarried and childless in 1165.

References

  • EA Freeman, The Norman Conquest, vols. iv. and v. (1867 ? 1879), and The Reign of William Rufus (1882);
  • WF Skene, Celtic Scotland (1876 - 1880);
  • EW Robertson, Scotland under her Early Kings (1862);
  • A Lang, History of Scotland, vol. i. (1900).
  • Magnusson, Magnus. Scotland: Story of a Nation, 2001