Bethóc

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Bethóc
SpouseCrínán, Abbot of Dunkeld
IssueDuncan I, King of Alba
Maldred of Allerdale
HouseAlpin
FatherMalcolm 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

Sources

  • Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvy. Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, 1973[ISBN missing]