Sibyl Thorsteindottir

Alleged mother of Crínáin of Dunkeld, Mormaer of Atholl+1 b. c 975, d. c 1045

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CRINAN "the Thane", son of --- (-killed in battle 1045). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Abthane of Dule. Lay abbot of Dunkeld. Steward of the Western Isles. Mormaer of Atholl. He was killed fighting King Macbeth. The Annals of Ulster record that "Crónán abbot of Dún Caillen" was killed in 1045 in "a battle between the Scots themselves"[259]. The Annals of Tigernach record that “Crínan abbot of Dunkeld” was killed in 1045 in “a battle between the men of Scotland on one road”[260].

m ([1000]%29 BETHOC, daughter of MALCOLM II King of Scotland & his wife ---. The "Genealogy of King William the Lyon" dated 1175 names "Betoch filii Malcolmi" as parent of "Malcolmi filii Dunecani"[261]. The Chronicle of the Scots and Picts dated 1177 names "Cran Abbatis de Dunkelden et Bethok filia Malcolm mac Kynnet" as parents of King Duncan[262]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that King Malcolm II had "an only daughter…Beatrice who married Crynyne Abthane of Dul and Steward of the Isles…in some annals, by a blunder of the writer…abbot of Dul"[263].

Crinan & his wife had two children:

1. DUNCAN [Donnchad] ([1001]-killed in battle either Bothganowan/Pitgaveny, near Elgin, or Burghead 14 Aug 1040, bur Isle of Iona). His parentage is confirmed by the Annals of Ulster which record the death of "Donnchad son of Crínán, king of Scotland" in 1040[264]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun names "Duncan" as son of "Crynyne Abthane of Dul and Steward of the Isles" and his wife[265]. He succeeded in 1018 as King of Strathclyde. He succeeded his maternal grandfather in 1034 as DUNCAN I King of Scotland.

- see below, Part B. KINGS of SCOTLAND 1034-1290.

2. MALDRED (-killed in battle [1045]). His parentage is confirmed by Simeon of Durham who records the marriage of "Maldred the son of Crinan"[266]. Lord of Allerdale. Regent of Strathclyde 1034/35.

- EARLS of DUNBAR.

• (1) "The Scots Peerage"- Vol.III, "Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar." pp.239-40 "Crinan was the hereditary lay-abbot of Dunkeld and Seneschal of the Isles. His parentage is not certainly known but, his grandfather was probably Duncan, abbot of Dunkeld who was killed in 965 and his mother or grandmother may have been a daughter of one of the last Kings of the Isles."
• [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 177. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
• [S60] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 45. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1206. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10767.htm#i107669