MACALPIN, Princess Bethóc
973 - 1049 (76 years)
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Name MACALPIN, Bethóc Title Princess Birth 973 Perthshire, Scotland 
Gender Female Relation to Me 31 GGM Royalty & Nobility Princess of Scotland Web Address https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacAlpin-33 Death 15 Sep 1049 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland Person ID I7310 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father SCOTLAND, King Malcolm II of, b. 954 d. 25 Nov 1034, Angus, Scotland (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Living Relationship natural Family ID F1805 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DUNKELD, Crínán of, b. Abt 975, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1045, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 70 years) Children + 1. DUNCAN, I, b. 1001 d. 14 Aug 1040 (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. DUNKELD, Lord Maldred, b. Abt 1003, Carlisle, Cumberland, England d. Aft 1051, Winlaton, Durham, England (Age > 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1804 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Event Map 
Birth - 973 - Perthshire, Scotland 
Death - 15 Sep 1049 - Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
Bethóc - Wikipedia
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Royal Connections (3)
When you find a Gateway Ancestor in your family tree, it is almost impossible not to go down a rabbit hole of ancestry leading to connections with countless ancestors of the royal and noble classes. These lines have been extensively researched and documented by historians, so it is really just a matter of following the line. I've spent countless hours engrossed in the stories these royal lines have uncovered. In this album, I will link to ancestors who were members of the Royal class. Royalty refers to the ruling monarch and their immediate family. This includes kings, queens, princes, and princesses. The monarch is typically the highest authority in the land and has the power to grant titles of nobility.
Keep in mind that it is not necessarily unusual to be descended from royalty. After all, many of these connections go back to my 25th great grandparents and beyond. Theoretically, we have 67,108,864 sets of 25th great grandparents (In reality, due to a phenomenon known as pedigree collapse, where ancestors appear in the family tree multiple times in different generations due to intermarriage within a community, the actual number of unique 25th great-grandparents a person has is likely to be much lower). With this many, it might be more unusual NOT to descend from royalty. However, what makes our ancestry so unique is that we can TRACE it that far back, person to person to person. Since my fascination with our ancestry lies in my curiosity about the stories of the individual people, this is beyond compelling to me. It is like getting lost in a series of medieval novels in which I have an actual connection to the characters. It brings history to life.
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Notes - Bethóc was the eldest daughter of the Malcolm II of Scotland, who had no known surviving sons. She married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld. Their older son, Donnchad I, ascended to the throne of Scotland around 1034. Malcolm's youngest daughter married Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney.[1] 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.
In this period, the Scottish throne still passed in Picto-Gaelic matrilineal fashion, from brother to brother, uncle to nephew, and cousin to cousin.
- Bethóc was the eldest daughter of the Malcolm II of Scotland, who had no known surviving sons. She married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld. Their older son, Donnchad I, ascended to the throne of Scotland around 1034. Malcolm's youngest daughter married Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney.[1] 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.