GC41GHE #81 King Malcolm III of Scotland (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by Band_Of

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Hidden : 2/26/2013

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The Kings Power Trail was created because there were no caches on the King Vaughan Line. As we drive it almost every day, we noticed that there were so many potential cool hiding spots. The brothers had lots of fun putting the trail together. Hope you have as much fun as we did.

The trail runs the entire length of the King Vaughan Line and then some. Please be careful there can be a fair bit of traffic at times. Pull off to the side of the road as far as possible and be cautious when getting out of your vehicle. Some of the caches have parking coordinates, please use them. They have be selected for your safety.

Malcolm (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada), son of Duncan I, was known as Malcolm Cenn Mor or Canmore (meaning Big or Great Head). He was the first of the House of Canmore having killed both Macbeth and his son Lulach, and was crowned at Scone in 1058.

Peace with the North was achieved through Malcolm’s marriage with Ingibiorg, daughter of Thorfinn, Jarl of Orkney. Thorfinn’s sons fought alongside Harald Hardrada and Earl Tostig at Stamford Bridge near York where they were defeated by the English King Harold in 1066. Malcolm’s second wife was Margaret, grand daughter of Edmund King of England and daughter of Edgar the Aetheling who had been deposed by William I the Conqueror. She was a devoutly Christian woman who reformed the Celtic church through her familiarity with roman Christian practices and was sanctified as St Margaret in 1250.

Malcolm gave sanctuary to Saxons fleeing the advancing Normans following the victory of William I ‘The Conqueror’ at Hastings in 1066. Malcolm attacked Northumbria in 1070 and expanded his kingdom into Cumbria, but was swept aside by the forces of King William II as they marched into Scotland in 1092. At Abernethy Malcolm was forced to submit to the Normans who took his son Duncan and brother-in-law Edgar Aetheling back South into England as hostages. Malcolm launched another attack the following year but was killed in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland, and was buried at Tynemouth.

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