Issue Lulach, King of Alba Parents Boite mac Cinaeda Father Boite mac Cinaeda Children Lulach | Name Gruoch Scotland Role King | |
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Spouse Macbeth, King of Scotland (m. 1032), Gille Coemgain of Moray Grandparents Kenneth III of Scotland, Kenneth II of Scotland Similar People Macbeth - King of Scotland, Kenneth III of Scotland, Kenneth II of Scotland, William Shakespeare, Giuseppe Verdi | ||
Grandchildren Mael Snechtai of Moray |
Gruoch ingen Boite (fl. 1020–1054) was a Scottish queen, the daughter of Boite mac Cináeda, son of Cináed III. She is most famous for being the wife and queen of MacBethad mac Findlaích (Macbeth). The dates of her life are not certainly known.
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Life
Before 1032 Gruoch was married to Gille Coemgáin mac Maíl Brigti, Mormaer of Moray, with whom she had at least one son, Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin, later King of Scots. Gille Coemgáin was killed in 1032, burned in a hall with 50 of his men. The next year one of her male relatives, probably her only brother, was murdered by Malcolm II.
Gruoch is named with Boite and also with MacBethad in charters endowing the Culdee monastery at Loch Leven. The date of her death is not known.
In fiction
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