 The story is somewhat unreliable as there are no near contemporary accounts, and it is first recorded by Matthew Paris some 250 years later.In 1097, Étgar mac Maíl Choluim had gained control of Scotland from his uncle Domnall Bán.The son of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, he attacked and deposed King Domnall with the backing of William Rufus of England.