mac Duib, Rí Alban Cináed^{[1, 2, 3]}

Bef 967 - 1005  (> 38 years)

• Name	mac Duib, Cináed
  Prefix	Rí Alban
  Nickname	An Donn
  Born	Bef 967
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E573CA93ACC756498E8A44C8521D5E651D90
  Died	25 Mar 1005
  Buried	Iona
  Person ID	I8018	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	mac Maíl Choluim, Rí Alban Dub,   d. 967, Forres
  Family ID	F3336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Y  [1, 2]
  _UID	BE9A0534F850104F846C11CE4D14EEEB41FE
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Kenneth III of Scotland was King of Scotland from 997 to 1005. He was the son of King Dubh, fourth cousin of the previous king Constantine III, and first cousin of his successor Malcolm II. Kenneth was the last king of Scotland to succeed to the throne through the system of tanistry, whereby the succession was shared between two family lines and the dying king named the person from the other family line who was to succeed him. The system was much discredited as it ensured that the two royal families of Scotland were in a constant state of war with each other. Kenneth and his son Giric were both killed in the battle of Monzievaird, Tayside on March 25, 1005. It was his first cousin Malcolm, succeeding him at the battle, who abolished the tanistry system by killing all of Kenneth's male descendants. However, Kenneth had a granddaughter, Gruoch, via his son Bodhe. Gruoch's first husband was Gillacomgain, Mormaor of Moray. They had a son called Lulach. She then married King Macbeth of Scotland (becoming Lady Macbeth). On the death of Macbeth, her son via her first marriage (Kenneth III's great-grandson), succeeded to the throne, becoming King Lulach of Scotland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] GEDCOM File : GED royal92.ged, Denis R. Reid, 20 Nov 1992. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative. [S272] List of Scottish monarchs, Multi, (Wikipedia), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_III_of_Scotland (Reliability: 1).