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Birth:           978 Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Death:          1045 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Cause of Death: slain

Notes
of the kin of St. Columba
also hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%ADn%C3%A1n_of_Dunkeld
Crínán of Dunkeld (died 1045) was the lay abbot of the monastery of Dunkeld, and 
perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl. Crínán was progenitor of the House of Dunkeld, the 
dynasty which would rule Scotland until the later 13th century. He was the son-in-law 
of one king, and the father of another.
Family[edit]

Crinán was married to Bethóc, daughter of Máel Coluim mac Cináeda (Malcolm II) (King 
of Scots, who reigned from 1005 to 1034). As Máel Coluim had no surviving son, the 
strongest hereditary claim to the Scottish throne descended through Bethóc. Crinán 
and Bethóc's eldest son, Donnchad (Duncan I), who reigned from 1034 to 1040.

There is a myth that Crinán had a second son, Maldred of Allerdale, who held the title 
of Lord of Cumbria. There is no evidence to support this.[1]

Lay Abbot of Dunkeld[edit]

The monastery of Saint Columba was founded on the north bank of the River Tay in 
the 6th century or early 7th century following the expedition of Columba into the land 
of the Picts. It may have continued to draw its hierarchy from the Cenél Conaill of 
Donegal.[2] Iain Moncreiffe argued that Crinán belonged to a Scottish sept of the Irish 
Cenél Conaill royal dynasty.[3]

While the title of Hereditary Lay Abbot was a feudal position that was often exercised 
in name only, Crinán does seem to have acted as Abbot in charge of the monastery in 
his time. He was thus a man of high position in both clerical and secular society.

The magnificent semi-ruined Dunkeld Cathedral, built in stages between 1260 and 
1501, stands today on the grounds once occupied by the monastery. The Cathedral 
contains the only surviving remains of the previous monastic society: a course of red 
stone visible in the east choir wall that may have been re-used from an earlier 
building, and two stone ninth - or tenth-century cross-slabs in the Cathedral Museum.

In 1045, Crínán of Dunkeld rose in rebellion against Macbeth in support of his 
grandson, Malcolm III's claim to the throne.[4] Crínán was killed in a battle at 
Dunkeld.

Parents
____ Duncan (ABT  949 - )
----- ----- ()

Siblings
DE MORMAER Crinan "the Thane" (Albanock) (Grimus) ( 978 - 1045)

Marriage To ____ Bethoc (Beatrix) (ABT  984 - )
    m. ABT 1000 

Notes

Parents
MACKENNETH Malcolm II (ABT  955 - 25 Nov 1034)
SIGURDSDOTTIR Aelgifu (ABT  962 - AFT  984)

Children by ____ Bethoc (Beatrix) ABT  984 - 
____ Maldred (ABT 1000 - ABT 1045)
MAC CRINAN Duncan I (ABT 1001 - 14 Aug 1040)
----- ----- (daughter of Crinan) (ABT 1010 - )

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