NameMalcolm IV of Scotland
Birth Date23 Apr 1141
Death Date9 Dec 1165 Age: 24
Notes for Malcolm IV of Scotland
Malcolm IV (
Mediaeval Gaelic:
Máel Coluim mac Eanric; Modern Gaelic:
Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed
Virgo, "the Maiden" (between 23 April and 24 May 1141 – 9 December 1165),
King of Scots, was the eldest son of
Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria (died 1152) and
Ada de Warenne. The original
Malcolm Canmore, a name now associated with his great-grandfather
Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada), he succeeded his grandfather
David I, and shared David's
Anglo-Norman tastes.
Called
Malcolm the Maiden by later chroniclers, a name which may incorrectly suggest weakness or effeminacy to modern readers, he was noted for his religious zeal and interest in
knighthood and warfare. For much of his reign he was in poor health and died unmarried at the age of twenty-four.