"Malcolm III is, by the way, the Malcolm who's in the Shakespeare play Macbeth," he continued. "It is the Malcolm in the end of that play that's made king.

A HOLLYWOOD star has revealed that his ancestor was a Scots king who defeated Macbeth. Paul Giamatti, 56, made the surprise claim and also confessed his long-term wish to own a kilt. The Oscar-nomi… ...

Lulach, Macbeth's step-son, succeeded to the throne briefly before he too died at Malcolm's hands in 1058. With the death of Lulach, Malcolm became King of Scots.