Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameBethoc MacAlpin , Princess of Scotland 
Birthabt 984, Scotland
Deathabt 1045, Scotland
FatherMalcolm II MacAlpin , King of Scots (~954-1034)
Misc. Notes
Sometimes referred to as Beatrice.
Bethóc ingen Maíl Choluim meic Donnchada, Princess of Scotland was the eldest daughter of King Máel Coluim (Malcolm) II of Alba (Scotland), who had no known sons. The strongest hereditary claim of succession to the Scottish throne therefore passed through Bethóc. Approximately 1000, Princess Bethóc married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld. The first son of this marriage was Donnchad (Duncan) I, who ascended to the throne of Scotland in 1034. 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.
It is possible that Bethóc had previously been married to Jarl Sigurd the Stout of Orkney, and to Findláech, the Mormaer of Moireabh.
Bethóc ingen Maíl Choluim meic Donnchada, Princess of Scotland was the eldest daughter of King Máel Coluim (Malcolm) II of Alba (Scotland), who had no known sons. The strongest hereditary claim of succession to the Scottish throne therefore passed through Bethóc. Approximately 1000, Princess Bethóc married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld. The first son of this marriage was Donnchad (Duncan) I, who ascended to the throne of Scotland in 1034. 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.
It is possible that Bethóc had previously been married to Jarl Sigurd the Stout of Orkney, and to Findláech, the Mormaer of Moireabh.
Spouses
Birth975, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Death1045, Scotland
Marriageabt 1000