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Also known as Duff, Dub mac Maíl Coluim, Dubh mac Mhaoil Chaluim, Duff MacMalcolm, Dén (the Vehement), Niger (the Black), Dubh, Dub mac Mail Coluim
King of Alba (Scotland)
Key facts
- Reign
- 962–967
- Predecessor
- Indulf
- Successor
- Cuilén
- Born
- c. 928
- Died
- 967, Forres
- Issue
- Kenneth III , King of Alba
- House
- Alpin
- Father
- Malcolm I , King of Alba
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Scotland
- Place of death
- Forres
- Father
- Malcolm I of Scotland
- Sibling
- Kenneth II of Scotland
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch of Scotland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Family
- House of Alpin
- Image
- Dub, King of Scotland d. 967, r. 962-967.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Dub mac Maíl Coluim (c. 928–967), called Dén ("the Vehement") and "the Black", was the king of Alba from 962. He was son of Malcolm I and succeeded to the throne when Indulf was killed.
While later chroniclers such as John of Fordun supplied a great deal of information on Dub's life and reign, and Hector Boece in his The history and chronicles of Scotland tell tales of witchcraft and treason, almost all of them are rejected by modern historians. There are very few sources for the reign of Dub, of which the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba and a single entry in the Annals of Ulster are the closest to contemporary.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dub” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.