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== Biography ==
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Beth�c ingen Ma�l Coluim meic Cin�eda
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'''''"Beatrice," "Beth�c ingen Ma�l Coluim meic Cin�eda," "Betoch filii M a l c o l mi," "Bethok filia Malcolm mac Kynnet, ' "Lady of Atholl"''''
=== Birth and Parents ===[[MacAlpin-33|Beth�c MacAlpin]] was born the d a u g h t er of [[MacAlpin-34|Malcolm II, King of Scots]] and his unknown wi f e [ [ L e ister-15|Unknown (Leinster) ]]. [Paul, Sir James B a l f o u r, ''The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Dougl a s ' s P e erage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical acc o u n t o f t he nobility of that kingdom,'' (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905 ) , v o l . I II, [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/pa g e / 2 4 0/mode/2up 239-241].][Cawley, Charles, ''Medieval Lands: a P r o s o p ography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families,'' (Hereford , U K : F o u ndation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006), Chapter 1. KINGS of SCO TL A N D 8 3 4-1034, 2. KENNETH, a) MALCOLM, [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLand s / S C O TLAND.htm#DuncanIdied1040A i) BETHOC.]][''The Henry Pro j e c t : T he Ancestors of King Henry II of England,'' Baldwin, Stewart, ed . , F a r m erie, Todd, ed., Cin�ed mac Ailp�n (Kenneth I, (Online https://f a s g . o rg/projects/henryproject/, 2001), citing, "Date of Birth: Unknown; P l a c e o f B irth: Unknown; Father: M�el Coluim mac Cin�eda (Malcolm II), d . 1 0 3 4 , k ing of Scotland; Mother: Unknown." [https://fasg.org/projects/ he n r y p roject/data/betho000.htm Beth�c of Scotland]][Anderson, Allan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500 t o 1 2 8 6 , '' (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1922), vol. 1, citing, "Fordun c al l s B e t hoc " Beatrice," and says that she was the only legitimate chil d o f M a l c olm II. She was married, according to Fordun, "to a man of gre at v i g o u r and power, Crinan, abthanus of Dull, and seneschal of the isl and s . " F o rdun explains that abthanus is not equivalent to abbas, but me an s " c h i ef of the thanes"; his function being that of a steward or cham b er l a i n., [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028144313/page/576/mode/1 u p ? q = Crinan 576].][Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Ann e , ' ' T h e Kings and Queens of Britain (Oxford Quick Reference),'' Kindle e d i t i o n, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 121. [Kindle], citi n g , " T h e absence of a male heir to Malcolm II meant that the succession p a s s e d t o the issue of his daughter Bethoc, who had married Crinan, lay a b b o t o f D unkeld."][Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. ''Sco t t i s h K ings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625.'' Edin b u r g h : D. Douglas (1899), [https://archive.org/details/scottishkingsrev 0 0 d u n buoft/page/4/mode/1up?q=Crinan 4].]
=== Children of Cr�n�n and Beth�c ===She married [[Dunkeld-9|Cr�n�n (or C r �n�n), Abbot of Dunkeld]] about 1005.
According to Cawley, "Crinan & his wife had two children," [Cawley, C h a r l e s, ''Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble an d R o y a l F amilies,'' (Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2 00 6 ) , C h apter 3. KINGS of SCOTLAND (DUNKELD), A. ORIGINS, citing, "The p r i m a r y source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. " [ h t t p ://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#DuncanIdied1040A Crina n. ] < / r ef> but Sir James Balfour Paul adds another unknown daughter. # [[Dunkeld-90|Maldred Dunkeld]] born about 1003 in Carlis le , C u m b erland, Scotland; 1034, Regent of Strathclyde; Lord of Allerdal e a n d C a r lisle; 1040, married Ealdgyth or [[Northumbria-6|�lfgifu (Nort hu m b r i a) of Dunbar]], daughter of [[Northumbria-2|Uhtred, earl of North u m b r i a]]; 1045, killed in battle ][''The Henry Project: The Ancestor s o f K i n g H enry II of England,'' Baldwin, Stewart, ed., Farmerie, Todd, e d . , C i n �ed mac Ailp�n (Kenneth I, (Online https://fasg.org/projects/hen r y p r o ject/, 2001), citing, "Date of Birth: Unknown; Place of Birth: Un k n o w n ; Father: Mother: Unknown." [https://fasg.org/projects/henryprojec t / d a t a/crina000.htm Cr�n�n (or Cr�n�n)]]# [[Dunkeld-8|Donnchad mac C r �n�in]], born about 1010 [Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne. ''The Ki n g s a n d Q ueens of Britain (Oxford Quick Reference).'' Kindle edition, ( N e w Y o r k: Oxford University Press, 2004), 121. citing, "Duncan I, b. c. 1 0 1 0 , s . of Cr�n�n, abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethoc, da. of Malcolm II; ki n g o f S t r athclyde ante 1034, king of Scotland 25 Nov. 1034-40; m. a kin s w . o f S i ward, earl of Northumbria; issue: Malcolm, Donald, Maelmuire; d . E l g i n , 14 Aug. 1040; bur. lona(?)." [Kindle] ]; married Suthen o r [ [ U n k nown-275536|Sybilla Unknown]]; [Cawley, Charles, ''Medieval L a n d s : a P rosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families,'' ( H e r e f ord, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006), [http://fmg.ac/ P r o j e cts/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#DuncanIdied1040A Duncan I].] succee d e d 2 5 N o v 1034 as [[Dunkeld-8|Duncan I, King of the Scots]]; fatally w o u n d e d at Bothnagowan, died at Elgin and buried in Iona. [Fordun, J o h n , ' ' John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation,'' Skene, Will i a m F . e d ., (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872), [https://archive. o r g / d etails/johnoffordunschr00fordrich/page/179/mode/1up bk. 4, p. 179] . < / r e f>][Anderson, Allan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A. D 5 0 0 t o 1 2 86,'' (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1922), vol. 1, citing, "C f. A . U . , i , 584, s.a. 1045 (with f.n. and e. of 1045) : 'A battle [was f ou g h t ] b etween Scots, among themselves ; and in it fell Cronan, the abb o t o f D u n keld.' Similarly also in A.L.C., i, 46, s.a. 1045. Cronan was a m o r e f a m iliar name to Irishmen than Crinan. This Crinan seems to have be e n t h e f a ther of king Duncan. See year 1034. Duncan's grandson, �thelre d , a l s o w as an abbot of Dunkeld. See year 1093, note. This warfare was d o u b t l ess a rebellion raised against Macbeth. It may have been the same a t t e m p t against him, in which the Northumbrians took part ; and which th e A n n a l s of Durham place in 1046. See E.C., 84.", [https://archive.org/ de t a i l s/cu31924028144313/page/584/mode/1up?q=Crinan 584].]# [[Dun k e l d - 14|Unknown daughter Dunkeld]], married [[Douglas-1986|Moddan, titu l a r E a r l of Caithness]]. [Paul, Sir James Balfour, ''The Scots peer a g e : f o u nded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland ; c o n t a ining an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of t h a t k i n gdom,'' (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905), vol. III, citing, "a d a u g h t er, mother of Moddan, titular Earl of Caithness, who was slain at T h u r s o i n 1040."[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/ p a g e / 240/mode/2up 240].]
== Research Notes ==# '''Estimated birthdate, 973.''' Based on birth of 1 s t c h i l d in 1003 and the average female age of fertility from 16 to 44, h e r L i k e ly Median Birth Year is estmated as 973.# With no supporting rel i a b l e s ources the profile of [[Atholl-5|Wulfflaed Atholl]] was disconne c t e d a s c hild of [[Dunkeld-9|Cr�n�n (or Cr??n�n), Abbot of Dunkeld (D�n C a i l l e n)]] and [[MacAlpin-33|Beth�c MacAlpin]]. [[Perkins-11750|Perkins- 1 1 7 5 0 ]]
== Sources ==
See also:* Anderson, Marjorie O[gilvie], ''Kings and Kingship in Early S c o t l a nd,'' (Edinburgh: Berlinn, 1973), 268, 276, 284, 288.* Wikipedia c o n t r i butors, ''Beth�c,'' (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2023), [htt p s : / / en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth�c Beth�c].
* ''The Oxford History of the British Monarchy'' ,
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973 - 1049 (76 years)