Bethóc ingen Maíl Choluim meic Donnchada Princess of Scotland ¹⁶⁷⁶

   Another name for Bethóc was Beatrix.¹⁶⁷⁶

  General Notes:

Bethóc ingen Maíl Choluim meic Donnchada, Princess of Scotland was the eldest daughter of King Máel Coluim II of Alba (Scotland), who had no known sons. The strongest hereditary claim of succession to the Scottish throne therefore passed through Bethóc. Approximately 1000, Princess Bethóc married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld. The first son of this marriage was Donnchad I, who ascended to the throne of Scotland in 1034. Early writers have asserted that Máel Coluim also designated Donnchad as his successor under the rules of tanistry because there were other possible claimants to the throne.

It is possible that Bethóc had previously been married to Jarl Sigurd the Stout of Orkney, and to Findláech, the Mormaer of Moireabh. ¹⁶⁷⁸

Bethóc married Crínán "the Thane" de Mormaer Abbot of Dunkeld, son of Lord Duncan De Mormaer and Unknown, in 1005.¹⁶⁷⁶ (Crínán "the Thane" de Mormaer Abbot of Dunkeld was born in 978 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland ¹⁶⁷⁶ and died in 1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland ¹⁶⁷⁶.). The cause of his death was Died in battle.