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Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair

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119:, 1000 of Edward's army, and 4000 of Óengus' army, including Óengus himself, died. According to Orderic Vitalis, Edward followed up the killing of Óengus by marching north into Moray itself, which, in his words, "lacked a defender and lord"; and so Edward, "with God's help obtained the entire duchy of that extensive district". However, this was far from the end of it. Máel Coluim again escaped, and four years of this continuing Scottish "civil war" followed; for David this period was quite simply a "struggle for survival". 69:
Máel Coluim's war against David and Henry may have involved the death of David's eldest son. Before recounting the war against Máel Coluim, Orderic Vitalis reported the death of this son at the hands of an exiled Norwegian priest; but Orderic's account is so obscure that it is difficult to make
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reports that Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair "affected to snatch the kingdom from , and fought against him two sufficiently fierce battles; but David, who was loftier in understanding and in power and wealth, conquered him and his followers".
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anything of it. The priest was reportedly a member of David's household, and was put to death by being bound to the tails of four horses. Whether or not the two events were connected, Máel Coluim escaped unharmed into areas of
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not yet under David's control, and there gained shelter and some measure of support; when Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair renewed his claim to the throne six years later, he had the support and protection of the
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It appears that David applied for and obtained extensive military aid from his patron, King Henry. Ailred of Rievaulx relates that at this point a large fleet and a large army of Norman knights, including
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to the Scottish throne. He is a relatively obscure figure owing primarily to the scarcity of source material, appearing only in pro-David English sources, which label him a "bastard".
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version of his name; in modern Gaelic he would be "Máel Coluim mac Alasdair", and in English he would be "Malcolm son of Alexander".
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coast, where Máel Coluim was probably at large among supporters. By 1134 Máel Coluim was captured and imprisoned in
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Máel Coluim's eventual fate is unknown. He was, and to a large extent still is, confused with
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In 1130, Máel Coluim enters the scant sources once more. Máel Coluim now had the backing of
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Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges to the Canmore Kings, 1058-1266,
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The Kingship of the Scots 842-1292: Succession and Independence
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Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500-1286
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Index

Máel Coluim mac Alasdair
Alexander I of Scotland
pretender
David I
Henry I of England
Orderic Vitalis
Scotland
king of Moray
Óengus of Moray
Lulach of Scotland
Angus
Mercian
constable
Edward
Battle of Stracathro
Brechin
Annals of Ulster
Walter l'Espec
Irish Sea
Firth of Clyde
Argyll
Roxburgh Castle
Máel Coluim mac Áeda
Áed
Mormaer of Ross
medieval Gaelic
here
trans
duchy
Anderson, Alan Orr

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