King Edgar


c.1074 - 1107

Scottish monarch. Fourth son of King Malcolm III (Canmore), who deposed the rule of his uncle Donald Bane (c.1033-99) who was supported by Edgar's older brother Edmund (c.1070 - c.1097). Edgar was succeeded by his younger brother, who became King Alexander I (1078 - 1124) and is buried in Dunfermline Abbey.


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