Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda was the eldest daughter of King
Máel Coluim mac Cináeda,
King of Scots, 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.
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