Editing Malcolm III of Scotland (section)

== Death ==
[[File:Malcolm's Cross, Broomhouse Hill, Alnwick, Northumberland.jpg|thumb|Memorial cross said to mark the spot where King Malcolm III of Scotland was killed while besieging Alnwick Castle in 1093.]]

While marching north again, Malcolm was ambushed by [[Robert de Mowbray]], [[Earl of Northumbria]], whose lands he had devastated, near [[Alnwick]] on 13 November 1093. There he was killed by Arkil Morel, steward of [[Bamburgh Castle]]. The conflict became known as the [[Battle of Alnwick (1093)|Battle of Alnwick]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of British History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYnfhTq2M7EC&pg=PA18 |year=1937 |publisher=Arnold |isbn=978-0-19-955037-1 |page=18}}</ref><ref>The [[Annals of Innisfallen]] say he "was slain with his son in an unguarded moment in battle".</ref> Edward was mortally wounded in the same fight. Margaret, it is said, died soon after receiving the news of their deaths from Edgar.<ref>Oram, pp. 37–38; Anderson, ''SAEC'', pp. 114–115.</ref> The Annals of Ulster say:
{{Blockquote|Mael Coluim son of Donnchad, over-king of Scotland, and Edward his son, were killed by the French [i.e. Normans] in Inber Alda in England. His queen, Margaret, moreover, died of sorrow for him within nine days.<ref>The notice in the Annals of Innisfallen ends "and Margaréta his wife, died of grief for him".</ref>}}

Malcolm's body was taken to [[Tynemouth Priory and Castle|Tynemouth Priory]] for burial. The king's body was sent north for reburial, in the reign of his son [[Alexander I of Scotland|Alexander]], at [[Dunfermline Abbey]], or possibly [[Iona]].<ref>Anderson, ''SAEC'', pp. 111–113. M. O. Anderson reprints three regnal lists, lists F, I and K, which gives a burial place for Malcolm. These say Iona, Dunfermline, and Tynemouth, respectively.</ref>

On 19 June 1250, following the [[canonisation]] of Malcolm's wife Margaret by [[Pope Innocent IV]], Margaret's remains were disinterred and placed in a [[reliquary]]. It was claimed that as the reliquary was carried to the high altar of [[Dunfermline Abbey]], past Malcolm's grave, it became too heavy to move. As a result, Malcolm's remains were also disinterred and buried next to Margaret beside the altar.<ref>Dunlop, p. 93.</ref> The remains of Margaret and her husband were removed from Dunfermline by Abbot [[George Durie]] to safeguard them from the attacks of Protestant reformers; initially they went to the rural estate at Craigluscar then abroad, and by 1580 they were enshrined at the instigation of king [[Philip II of Spain]] in the royal monastery of St Lawrence near [[Madrid]], [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial]], where they remain.<ref>McGuigan, Máel Coluim III, pp. 342–343</ref>