Both systems have been compared with the concept of tanistry found in Early Irish Law, although the political reality appears to have been more complex.īoth systems of alternating succession coincidentally failed in the early 11th century. Alternating succession is also seen in Ireland, where the High Kings of Ireland come from two branches of the Uí Néill, the northern Cenél nEógain and the southern Clann Cholmáin.
MACBETH KING OF SCOTLAND MAC
During the century in which the lists correspond well with the annals, the succession to the kingship of Alba was held in an alternating fashion by two branches of the descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin, one descended from Kenneth's son Constantín, Clann Constantín mac Cináeda, and one from Constantín's brother Áed, Clann Áeda mac Cináeda. The origin myth of the kingdom of Alba traced its foundation to the supposed destruction of Pictland by Kenneth MacAlpin, and its kings were chosen from the male line descendants of Kenneth, with the possible exception of the shadowy Eochaid, said to be Kenneth's daughter's son.
It has been proposed that Gille Coemgáin's death was the doing of Mac Bethad in revenge for his father's death, or of Máel Coluim mac Cináed to rid himself of a rival. Gille Coemgáin had been married to Gruoch with whom he had a son, the future king Lulach. A second son, Gille Coemgáin, was killed in 1032, burned in a house with fifty of his men. One of these sons, Máel Coluim mac Máel Brigte, died in 1029. According to the Annals of Ulster he was killed by his own people while the Annals of Tigernach say that the sons of his brother Máel Brigte were responsible. His mother, who is not mentioned in contemporary sources, is sometimes supposed to have been Donada, a daughter of the Scottish king Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda).įindláech was killed in 1020. Macbeth was the son of Findláech mac Ruaidrí, Mormaer of Moray. An alternative proposed derivation is that it is a corruption of macc-bethad meaning "one of the elect".
Although it has the appearance of a Gaelic patronymic it does not have any meaning of filiation but instead carries an implication of a righteous or religious man. The name Mac Bethad (or, in modern Gaelic, MacBheatha), from which the anglicized "MacBeth" is derived, means "son of life". He is best known as the subject of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth and the many works it has inspired, although the play presents a highly inaccurate picture of his reign and personality. Mac Bethad mac Findlaích ( Modern Gaelic: MacBheatha mac Fhionnlaigh, anglicised as Macbeth, and nicknamed Rí Deircc, "the Red King" died 15 August 1057) was King of the Scots (also known as the King of Alba, and earlier as King of Moray and King of Fortriu) from 1040 until his death. Imagined 19th century portrait of Macbeth Before you decide about sponsoring a child, why not learn about different sponsorship charities first? Macbeth It does not store any personal data.SOS Children have produced a selection of wikipedia articles for schools since 2005. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
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