Timeline August 1057

Events in August 1057 3

• 1005 – 1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005-1057) Died 15 August 1057, aged 52 Macbeth became King of Scots in 1040 after killing his predecessor Duncan I in battle. He was himself killed by the forces of Malcolm III, Duncan's son, at the Battle of Lumphanan, and his story later inspired Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.
• 1057 Pope Stephen IX elected Frederick of Lorraine succeeds Victor II Following the death of Pope Victor II, Frederick of Lorraine was elected pope and took the name Stephen IX. He continued the reform agenda of his predecessors as part of the broader movement later known as the Gregorian Reform.
• 1057 Battle of Lumphanan Malcolm III kills King Macbeth of Scotland Malcolm III, supported by English and Scottish forces, defeated and killed King Macbeth of Scotland at the Battle of Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire. Macbeth's stepson Lulach succeeded him as King of Scots, though Malcolm would depose Lulach the following year to take the throne himself.