Person ID: I5658985346
Crinan, Mormaer of Atholl, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld and Steward of the Western Isles
ABT 980 – 1045
Male
Events
- Born
- ABT 980 — Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherDuncan
- ChildCrinan, Mormaer of Atholl, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld and Steward of the Western IslesABT 980 – 1045
- ChildGrimd. 1010
- ChildDuncan
Family
Family group sheet →Married: ABT 1005 — Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- FatherCrinan, Mormaer of Atholl, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld and Steward of the Western IslesABT 980 – 1045
- MotherAnleta Mackenneth984 – 1045
- ChildDuncan ap Crinan de Mormaer, I, of ScotlandABT. 1001 – 14 Aug 1040
- ChildMaldred, Lord of Allerdale
Notes
- Note: "Crinan, known as 'Crinan the Thane,' of the kin of St. Columba,was hereditary lay-abbott of Dunkeld and Seneschal of the Isles.He also held, with other lands, the territory called the'Abthanica de Dul,' part of which is now the parish o f Dull inAtholl. He is believed to have been born about 975, and he married about 1005 Bethoc or Beatrice, daughter and heir ofMalcolm II, King of Scots. In attempting to avenge the death of his elder son King Duncan I, Crinan was slain in battl e 'with nine times twenty heroes,' as the Celtic chronicler puts it, in the year 1045..."