King Macbeth of Scotland (1040 - 1057)
Name: King Macbeth of Scotland
Father: Finlay MacRory, Mormaer of Moray
Mother: Donalda, daughter of Malcolm II
Relation to
King Macbeth of Scotland (1040 - 1057)
Name: King Macbeth of Scotland
Father: Finlay MacRory, Mormaer of Moray
Mother: Donalda, daughter of Malcolm II
Relation to Elizabeth II: 4th cousin 27 time removed
House of: Dunkeld
Born: c. 1005
Ascended to the throne: August 14, 1040
Married: Gruoch, daughter of Beoedh, son of Kenneth III, 1034
Children: one stepson Lulach
Died: August 15, 1057, killed at the Battle of Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire by Malcolm III
Buried at: Isle of Iona
Succeeded by: his stepson Lulach
Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích) was the son of Finlay of Moray, and Donalda daughter of Malcolm II. He was king of Moray and became king of the Scots when Duncan was killed in 1040. Duncan’s father Crinan was killed at Dunkeld in1045. Macbeth married Guroch (Lady Macbeth) granddaughter of Malcolm II who had a son Lulach by her previous marr