Máel Coluim, or Malcolm II, dies in 1034, Marianus Scotus giving the date as November 25, 1034.

The king lists say that he died at Glamis, variously describing him as a "most glorious" or "most victorious" king.

The Annals of Tigernach report that "Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, king of Scotland, the honour of all the west of Europe, died."

The Prophecy of Berchán, perhaps the inspiration for John of Fordun and Andrew of Wyntoun's accounts where Máel Coluim is killed fighting bandits, says that he died by violence, fighting "the parricides", suggested to be the sons of Máel Brigte of Moray.

Perhaps the most notable feature of Máel Coluim's death is the account of Marianus, matched by the silence of the Irish annals, which tells us that Malcolm II’s grandson Donnchad I became king and ruled for five years and nine months.

Given that his death in 1040 is described as being "at an immature age" in the Annals of Tigernach, he must have been a young man in 1034.

The absence of any opposition suggests that Máel Coluim had dealt thoroughly with any likely opposition in his own lifetime.