In 1093, King Malcolm and David's brother Edward were killed at the River Aln during an invasion of Northumberland.Duncan, Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom, p. 121. David and his two brothers Alexander and Edgar were probably present when their mother died shortly afterwards.See A.O. Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 114, n. 1. According to later medieval tradition, the three brothers were in Edinburgh when they were besieged by their paternal uncle Donald III,e.g. John Fordun, Chronica gentis Scotorum, II, 209. who made himself king.Oram, David, p. 40. It is not certain what happened next, but an insertion in the Chronicle of Melrose states that Donald forced his three nephews into exile, although he was allied with another of his nephews, Edmund.A. O. Anderson, Early Sources, vol. II, p. 89. John of Fordun wrote, centuries later, that an escort into England was arranged for them by their maternal uncle Edgar Ætheling.John Fordun, Chronica gentis Scotorum, II, 209–210.
In 1093, King Malcolm and David's brother Edward were killed at the River Aln during an invasion of Northumberland.Duncan, Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom, p. 121. David and his two brothers Alexander and Edgar were probably present when their mother died shortly afterwards.See A.O. Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 114, n. 1. According to later medieval tradition, the three brothers were in Edinburgh when they were besieged by their paternal uncle Donald III,eg. John Fordun, Chronica gentis Scotorum, II, 209. who made himself king.Oram, David, p. 40. It is not certain what happened next, but an insertion in the Chronicle of Melrose states that Donald .forced his three nephews into exile, although he was allied with another of his nephews, Edmund.A. O. Anderson, Early Sources, vol. II, p. 89. John of Fordun wrote, centuries later, that an escort into England was arranged for them by their maternal uncle Edgar Ætheling.John Fordun, Chronica gentis Scotorum, II, 209–210.