MACALPIN Bethóc

0973 - 1049  (~ 76 years)

• Name	MACALPIN Bethóc
  Birth	0973	Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Sep 1049	Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
  Notes	Birth and Parents Bethóc MacAlpin was born the daughter of Malcolm II, King of Scots and his unknown wife Unknown (Leinster) . [1][2][3][4][5][6] Children of Crínán and Bethóc She married Crínán (or Crónán), Abbot of Dunkeld about 1005. [1][4][5][6] According to Cawley, "Crinan & his wife had two children," [7] but Sir James Balfour Paul adds another unknown daughter. [1] Maldred Dunkeld born about 1003 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Scotland; 1034, Regent of Strathclyde; Lord of Allerdale and Carlisle; 1040, married Ealdgyth or Ælfgifu (Northumbria) of Dunbar, daughter of Uhtred, earl of Northumbria; 1045, killed in battle [8] Donnchad mac Crínáin, born about 1010 [9]; married Suthen or Sybilla Unknown; [10] succeeded 25 Nov 1034 as Duncan I, King of the Scots; fatally wounded at Bothnagowan, died at Elgin and buried in Iona. [11][12] Unknown daughter Dunkeld, married Moddan, titular Earl of Caithness. [13] Research Notes Estimated birthdate, 973. Based on birth of 1st child in 1003 and the average female age of fertility from 16 to 44, her Likely Median Birth Year is estmated as 973. With no supporting reliable sources the profile of Wulfflaed Atholl was disconnected as child of Crínán (or Crónán), Abbot of Dunkeld (Dún Caillen) and Bethóc MacAlpin. Perkins-11750 Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paul, Sir James Balfour, The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905), vol. III, 239-241. ↑ Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, (Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006), Chapter 1. KINGS of SCOTLAND 834-1034, 2. KENNETH, a) MALCOLM, i) BETHOC. ↑ The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, Baldwin, Stewart, ed., Farmerie, Todd, ed., Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth I, (Online https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/, 2001), citing, "Date of Birth: Unknown; Place of Birth: Unknown; Father: Máel Coluim mac Cináeda (Malcolm II), d. 1034, king of Scotland; Mother: Unknown." Bethóc of Scotland ↑ 4.0 4.1 Anderson, Allan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500 to 1286, (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1922), vol. 1, citing, "Fordun calls Bethoc " Beatrice," and says that she was the only legitimate child of Malcolm II. She was married, according to Fordun, "to a man of great vigour and power, Crinan, abthanus of Dull, and seneschal of the islands." Fordun explains that abthanus is not equivalent to abbas, but means "chief of the thanes"; his function being that of a steward or chamberlain., 576. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne, The Kings and Queens of Britain (Oxford Quick Reference), Kindle edition, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 121. [Kindle], citing, “The absence of a male heir to Malcolm II meant that the succession passed to the issue of his daughter Bethoc, who had married Crinan, lay abbot of Dunkeld.” ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), 4. ↑ Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, (Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006), Chapter 3. KINGS of SCOTLAND (DUNKELD), A. ORIGINS, citing, "The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified." Crinan. ↑ The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, Baldwin, Stewart, ed., Farmerie, Todd, ed., Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth I, (Online https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/, 2001), citing, "Date of Birth: Unknown; Place of Birth: Unknown; Father: Mother: Unknown." Crínán (or Crónán) ↑ Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne. The Kings and Queens of Britain (Oxford Quick Reference). Kindle edition, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 121. citing, "Duncan I, b. c.1010, s. of Crínán, abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethoc, da. of Malcolm II; king of Strathclyde ante 1034, king of Scotland 25 Nov. 1034–40; m. a kinsw. of Siward, earl of Northumbria; issue: Malcolm, Donald, Maelmuire; d. Elgin, 14 Aug. 1040; bur. lona(?)." [Kindle] ↑ Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, (Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006), Duncan I. ↑ Fordun, John, John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation, Skene, William F. ed., (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872), bk. 4, p. 179. ↑ Anderson, Allan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500 to 1286, (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1922), vol. 1, citing, "Cf. A.U., i, 584, s.a. 1045 (with f.n. and e. of 1045) : 'A battle [was fought] between Scots, among themselves ; and in it fell Cronan, the abbot of Dunkeld.' Similarly also in A.L.C., i, 46, s.a. 1045. Cronan was a more familiar name to Irishmen than Crinan. This Crinan seems to have been the father of king Duncan. See year 1034. Duncan's grandson, Æthelred, also was an abbot of Dunkeld. See year 1093, note. This warfare was doubtless a rebellion raised against Macbeth. It may have been the same attempt against him, in which the Northumbrians took part ; and which the Annals of Durham place in 1046. See E.C., 84.", 584. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour, The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905), vol. III, citing, "a daughter, mother of Moddan, titular Earl of Caithness, who was slain at Thurso in 1040."240. See also: Anderson, Marjorie O[gilvie], Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, (Edinburgh: Berlinn, 1973), 268, 276, 284, 288. Wikipedia contributors, Bethóc, (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2023), Bethóc. The Oxford History of the British Monarchy ,
  Person ID	I59223	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	MACALPIN Mael Coluim,   b. 0954, Scotland d. Abt 25 Nov 1034, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland (Age ~ 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	OSSORY Unknown,   b. Bef 0962, Ossory, Ireland d. Aft 0984, Scotland (Age > 24 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	0980
  Family ID	F26333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DUNKELD Crinan,   b. Abt 0975, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1045, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1005
  Children	1. DUNKELD Duncan,   b. Abt 1010, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1040, Elgin, Scotland (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026