Malcolm IV of Scotland

Malcolm IV
King of Alba (Scotland)
Reign	24 May 1153 – 9 December 1165
Coronation	27 May 1153
Predecessor	David I
Successor	William I
Born	23 April–24 May 1141[1] Scotland
Died	(1165-12-09)9 December 1165 (aged 24) Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Burial	Dunfermline Abbey
House	Dunkeld
Father	Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria
Mother	Ada de Warenne

Malcolm IV (Medieval Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Eanric; Scottish Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" (between 23 April and 24 May 1141 – 9 December 1165) was King of Scotland from 1153 until his death. He was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria (died 1152) and Ada de Warenne.^[2] The original Malcolm Canmore,^[3][4] 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.