Bethóc
Bethóc | |
---|---|
Spouse | Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld |
Issue | Duncan I, King of Alba Maldred of Allerdale |
House | Alpin |
Father | Malcolm II, King of Alba |
Bethóc Ingen mac Maíl Coluim (also Beatrice) was the elder daughter of
King of Scots, and the mother of his successor, Duncan I
.
Biography
Bethóc was the eldest daughter and heir of
Uhtred the Bold, and ancestor of the Earls of Dunbar; and a daughter (name not known) mother of Moddan, Earl of Caithness
.
Their heir Duncan, also known as Donnchad, succeeded his grandfather Malcolm II to become King of Alba in 1034.[5]
Bethóc had 2 younger sisters: Donada, who married
better source needed] and was the mother of Thorfinn the Mighty. 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
- ISBN 9781910900192
- ISBN 978-1-85264-047-7.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-1-78327-588-5.
- ^ id=mp4HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA133&dq=beth%C3%B3c+biography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgKahUKEwiTu_bmmfnGAhVKVz4KHZdlBEw#v=onepage&q=beth%C3%B3c%20biography&f=false Knox, James. The topography of the basin of the Tay, Andrew Shorteed, Edinburgh, 1831
Sources
- Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvy. Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, 1973[ISBN missing]