1668. Lulach "Fatuus" (the Fool) , King of Scotland
Lulach (1057-58)
Lulach, Macbeth's stepson, was born about 1032, the son of Gruoch by her first husband, Gillacomgan, Mormaer of Moray. He was briefly recognised as king but was killed by Malcolm Canmore at Essie, Aberdeenshire on 17 March 1058.
[http://www.royal.gov.uk/history/scotland]
1670. Malcolm III "Caenmore" , King of Scotland
The son of King Duncan I, Malcolm lived in exile in England during part of the reign of his father's murderer, MacBeth. Malcolm killed MacBeth in battle in 1057 and then ascended the throne. After the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, Malcolm gave refuge to the Anglo-Saxon prince Edgar the Ætheling and his sisters, one of whom, Margaret (later St. Margaret), became his second wife.
Malcolm acknowledged the overlordship of William in 1072 but nevertheless soon violated his feudal obligations and made five raids into England. During the last of these invations was killed by the forces of king William II Rufus. Except for a brief interval after Malcolm's death, the Scottish throne remained in his family until the death of Queen Margaret, the Maid of Norway, in 1290. Of malcolm's six sons by Margaret, three succeeded to the throne: Edgar (reigned 1097-1107), Alexander I (1107-1024) and David I (1124-1153).
[Enc. Brit. 7:731]
1671. Donald III Bane , King of Scotland
Upon the death of his brotehr Malcolm Canmore (1093), there was a fierce contest for the crown. Donald Bane besieged Edinburgh Castle, took it, and, with th e support from the Celtic Scots and the custom of tanistry, he was king nominally for at least six months. He was expelled by Duncan II, son of Malcolm, assisted by English and Normans and some Saxons. Duncan's reign was equally short, for Donald bane had his nephew slain and again reigned for three years.
These years saw the last attempt of the Celts to maintain a king of their race and a kingdom governed according to their customs. Edgar the Ætheling, who had newly befriended the Norman king of England, led an army into Scotland, dispossesed Donald bane and advanced his nephew Edgar, son of malcolm III, as sole king of the Scots.
[Enc. Brit. 4:171]
1680. Paul (Bardolf) , Earl of Ornkey and Caithness
BARDOLF, a Monk, and Lord of Ravenswath, second son of TORFIN,
was born in the parish of Kirkby Ravenswath, about A. D. 1045.
"Bardolf possessed Ravenswath, with divers other fair Lordships in Richmondshire, in the time of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, but desiring in his age to end his days in the devout service of God, forsook the world, and with his brother BODIN, took upon him the habit of a monk of the Abbey of St. Marie's, at York, whereunto, at the special instance of BODIN, he gave the churches of Patrick-Brompton and Ravenswath in pure alms. To this BARDOLF succeeded his son and heir AKARIS."
Owen Cyfelliog , Prince of Powis Cyfelliog
He succeeded on the demise of his grandfather, Meredith ap Bleddyn. In 1176 he attended the summons of Henry to a conference with him at Oxford on Welsh affairs. He was a poet and a Prince, a distinguished bard. In 1170 he founded the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcelle and died 1197
1685. Owen Cyfelliog , Prince of Powis Cyfelliog
He succeeded on the demise of his grandfather, Meredith ap Bleddyn. In 1176 he attended the summons of Henry to a conference with him at Oxford on Welsh affairs. He was a poet and a Prince, a distinguished bard. In 1170 he founded the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcelle and died 1197
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