POLITICIAN

Malcolm III of Scotland

1031 - 1093

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Malcolm III (Middle Irish: Máel Coluim mac Donnchada; Scottish Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh; c. 1031–13 November 1093) was King of Alba from 1058 to 1093. He was later nicknamed "Canmore" (Scottish Gaelic: ceann mòr, lit. 'big head'", understood as "great chief"). Malcolm's long reign of 35 years preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norman age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm III of Scotland has received more than 1,381,754 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Malcolm III of Scotland is the 3,778th most popular politician (down from 3,736th in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 825th in 2019) and the 131st most popular British Politician.

Malcolm III of Scotland is most famous for his defeat of the Northumbrians at the Battle of Carham in 1018.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malcolm III of Scotland ranks 3,778 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre Gemayel, Gundobad, Berengaria of Castile, Vishvamitra, Kim Tu-bong, and Katerina Sakellaropoulou. After him are Siraj ud-Daulah, Antipater the Idumaean, Hypereides, Rama II of Siam, Veljko Kadijević, and Helenus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1031, Malcolm III of Scotland ranks 4. Before him are Roger I of Sicily, Shen Kuo, and Matilda of Flanders. After him are Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia, and Robert, Count of Mortain. Among people deceased in 1093, Malcolm III of Scotland ranks 5. Before him are Vsevolod I of Kiev, Bertha of Holland, Olaf III of Norway, and Saint Margaret of Scotland. After him are Robert I, Count of Flanders, Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, Constance of Burgundy, Sophie, Countess of Bar, and Alan Rufus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm III of Scotland ranks 788 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), James Black (1924), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), P. D. James (1920), Naomi Watts (1968), and Stuart Sutcliffe (1940). After him are Robert FitzRoy (1805), Robert Peel (1788), Thomas Malory (1405), Tom Hardy (1977), Leonora Carrington (1917), and Tom Conti (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Malcolm III of Scotland ranks 131. Before him are H. H. Asquith (1852), Margaret of York (1446), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), Clementine Churchill (1885), and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519). After him are Robert Peel (1788), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), David Cameron (1966), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), and Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005).

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