Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim (also Beatrice) was the elder daughter of Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, and the mother of his successor, Duncan I.
| Bethóc | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld |
| Issue | Duncan I, King of Alba Maldred of Allerdale |
| House | Alpin |
| Father | Malcolm II, King of Alba |
Biography
editBethóc was the eldest daughter and heir of Malcolm II of Scotland, who had no known sons. She married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld, about 1000.[1][2] This marriage may have been designed to encourage the Dunkeld's clan to remain loyal to Malcolm II.[3]
Together, Bethóc and Crínán had an heir, Donnchad I.[4] Crínán has also been assigned other children, that may have been by Bethóc: Maldred, Lord of Allerdale, married Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold, and ancestor of the Earls of Dunbar; and a daughter (name not known) mother of Moddan, Earl of Caithness.[5] Their heir Duncan, also known as Donnchad, succeeded his grandfather Malcolm II to become King of Alba in 1034.[6]
Bethóc may have had two younger sisters: the woman (named by Hector Boece as Donada) who married Findláech mac Ruaidrí, Mormaer of Moray, and was the mother of Macbeth; and an unnamed woman who according to Orkneyinga Saga married Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney and was the mother of Thorfinn the Mighty.[7] Early writers have asserted that Máel Coluim also designated Donnchad as his successor under the rules of tanistry because there were other possible claimants to the throne.
References
edit- ^ McGuigan, Neil (2021), Máel Coluim III 'Canmore': An Eleventh Century Scottish King, John Donald, Edinburgh, pp. 82–85, ISBN 9781910900192
- ^ Williams, Ann; Smyth, Alfred P.; Kirby, D. P. (1991). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales, C. 500-c. 1050. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85264-047-7.
- ^ Ellis, Peter Berresford (1993). MacBeth, High King of Scotland, 1040-57. Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 978-1-56619-299-6.
- ^ KNOX (Cartographer.), James (1831). The Topography of the Basin of the Tay. Intended as a Companion to the Map of the Basin of the Tay ... With Three ... Engravings. J. Anderson, W. Hunter.
- ^ Panton, Kenneth J. (15 October 2023). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1-5381-7577-4.
- ^ Marshall, Susan (2021). Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-78327-588-5.
- ^ Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney, translated by Pálsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul, Penguin, 1981, pp. 38, 237.
Sources
edit- Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvy. Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, 1973 [ISBN missing]
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