Also called Mael Coluim mac Cinaedha. Also called King of Scots Malcolm II mac Kenneth. Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, rí Alban was styled Kenneth MacKenneth. He was born circa 954. He was the son of Cináed mac Máel Coluim, rí Alban and N. N. of Leinster. Subking of Cumbria and Strathclyde, between 990 and 1005. 15th King of Scots, between 1005 and 1034. He killed and succeeded his 1st cousin, Kenneth III, on 25 March 1005. He was badly defeated by the North Easterners, again led by Uhtred of Bamburgh, during an attack on the city of Durham in 1006. Annals of Ulster 1006: "A battle between the men of Albu and the Saxons, and the Scots were defeated and a great number of their nobles left dead. / Bellum eter fhiru Alban & Saxanu co remaidh for Albanchu co fargabsat ar a n-deghdhaine." He and Uhtred "the Bold", Earl of Northumbria were fought a battle in 1008 in Carham. He repelled an invading army of Danes led by Sweyn Forkbeard in 1010 in Mortlack, north-west of Aberdeen, Scotland. He was overcame the Danes in 1017. He inflicted a heavy defeat on the Northumbrians under the leadership of Earl Eadulf Cudel (brother of the late Earl Uhtred) in a decisive battle in 1019 in Carham on Tweed. All the Northumbrian territory from Edinburgh to the Tweed was by the Scots. The Tweed formed a border between the English and the Scots for many centuries afterwards. The victory was particularly sweet for King Malcolm as Owen the King of Strathclyde was also killed in the battle leaving Malcolm to claim Strathclyde as part of his kingdom. He paid tribute to King Canute in 1027. Annals of Ulster 1034: "Mael Coluim son of Cinaed, king of Scotland, died. / Mael Coluim m. Cinaedha, ri Alban, obiit." He died on 25 November 1034 in Glamis Castle. Murdered. Annals of Ulster 1034: "Mael Coluim son of Cinaed, king of Scotland, died. / Mael Coluim m. Cinaedha, ri Alban, obiit." Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, rí Alban was buried in Iona. (Robert Stewart)