The families of the Early Kings of Scotland
Preface A
According to most sources, the Kings of
The information in the prefaces shows the early kings as
shown by Marjorie O. Anderson in “Kings and Kingship in Early
1a) Erc, father of:
1b) FERGUS Mór, 1st King of
Scots [3? years]
1c) DOMANGART, 2nd King of
Scots [5 years, to 506?]
1d) COMGALL, 3rd King of Scots
[32? years, to 538?]
1e) CONALL, 5th King of Scots
[14 or 15 years, to 574]
1g) CONNAD Cerr, 8th King of
Scots [3 months, 629]
1h) FERCHAR ,
9th King of Scots [13? years, to 650?]
2d) GABRÁN, 4th King of Scots
[22 years, to 558 or 560]
1f) Eoganán
1g) Dúncath
[queried
dotted line to DÚNCHAD, 12th King]
1h) DÚNCHAD, 12th King of Scots
[10 years, to 660; queried dotted line to FIANNAMAIL]
1i) unknown prince
1j) FIANNAMAIL ua-Dúnchada (nepos Dúnchado), 19th King of Scots [2 years, to 700]
2f) AEDÁN, 6th King of Scots
[33 years, to 608?]
1g) EOCHAID Buide, 7th King of
Scots [21 or 22 years, to 629]
1h) DOMNALL Brecc, 10th King of
Scots [14th years, to 642]
1i) DOMANGART, 13th King of
Scots [to 673]
1j) EOCHAID, 17th King of Scots
[1? year, to 697]
1k) EOCHAID
Angbaidh, 21st King of Scots [30? years, to 733?]
1l) AED Find, 25th King of
Scots [30 years, to 778]
1m) Eochaid
1n) AILPIN, 34th King of Scots
[3? years, to 842]; see Section 1, below
1o) CINAED, 36th King of Scots
[to 858]; See Section 1, below
2l) FERGUS, 26th King of Scots
[3 years, to 781] married unknown princess of Picts
1m) CUSAINTIN, 30th King of
Scots [9 years, to 820] & 25th King of Picts
1n) ?
DOMNALL, 27th King of Scots [24 years, to 805?]
2m) OENGUS, 31st King of Scots
[9 years, to 834] & 26th King of Picts
1n) EOGANÁN, 33rd King of Scots
[13 years, to 839] & 29th King of Picts
2k) AILPIN,
23rd King of Scots [3? or 4? years, to 736?] (&
16th king of Picts?)
2h) CONALL Crandomna, 11th King
of Scots [10 years, to 660]
1i) MAELDUIN, 14th King of
Scots [16 or 17 years, to 689]
2i) DOMNALL Donn, 15th King of
Scots [8? years, to 696]
2b) Loarn [dotted line to
FERCHAR Fota, 16th King of Scots]
[queried
dotted line from Loarn to]
1i) FERCHAR Fota, 16th King of
Scots [21 years, to 697]
1j) AINBCELLACH, 18th King of
Scots [1 year, to 698]
1k)
MUIREDACH, 24th King of Scots [3 years, to 736?]
1l] EOGAN,
24½th King of Scots [2? or 3?
years]
2j) EOGAN, 18½th King of Scots
[13 or 16 years]
3j) SELBACH, 20th King of Scots
[24 years, to
723]
1k) DÚNGAL,
22nd King of Scots [4? years, to 726?]
Fragments:
[unplaced]
1m) Tadg married unknown
princess of Picts
1n) CONALL, 28th King of Scots
[2 years, to 807?] & 24th King of Picts
[unplaced]
1m) Aedán
1n) CONALL, 29th King of Scots
[4 years, to 811?]
[unplaced]
1m) Boanta
1n) AED, 31st King of Scots [4 years ]
[unplaced]
1n) EOGANÁN, 35th King of Scots
[undated]
Preface B
1a) unknown princess married Mailcon (possibly MAELGWN,
King of Gwynedd)
1b) BRIDEI,
1st King of Picts [30 years, 556? to 586?]
2b) unknown princess married
Domelch
1c) GARTNART,
2nd King of Picts [11 or 20 years, 586? to 597?]
2c) unknown princess married
unknown prince (son of Uerb)
1d) NECTU (nepos
Uerb), 3rd King of Picts [11, 20, or 21 years]
3c) unknown princess married
Lutrin
1d) CINIOCH, 4th King of Picts
[14 or 19 years, died 631]
2d) unknown princess married
Uuid
1e) GARNARD, 5th King of Picts
[4 or 8 years, 631 to 635]
2e) BREIDEI, 6th King of Picts
[5 (or 6?) years, 635-641]
3e) TALORC, 7th King of Picts
[11 or 12 years, 641 to 653]
1f) unknown princess married
EANFRITH, King of
1g) TALORCEN, 8th King of Picts
[4 years, 653 to 657]
2g) unknown princess married firstly ? Lord of Dunnichen
1h) unknown princess married
Bile (BELI, King of Dumbarton)
1i) BREDEI, 11th King of Picts
[21 years, 671 to 692]
2i) unknown princess married
Entifidich (Ainftech)
1j) TARAN, 12th King of Picts
[4 or 14 years, 692 to 696]
2j) unknown princess married
Urguist
1k) ONUIST, 17th King of Picts
[30 years, 729? to 761]
1l) TALORGEN, 23rd King of
Picts [2½ or 12½ years, or 5 years, 785? to 787?]
2k) BREDEI, 18th King of Picts
[2 or 15 years, 761 to 763]
3k) unknown princess married
Uuredech
1l) CINOID, 19th King of Picts
[12 years, 763 to 775]
2l) unknown princess married
Uuorid
1m) ELPIN, 20th King of Picts
[3½ years, 775? to 780]
2m) unknown princess married
Talorgen
1n) DREST, 21st King of Picts
[1 year, 780? to 781]
3m) unknown princess married
Drostan
1n) TALORCAN,
22nd King of Picts [4 or 5 years, 781? to 785?]
4m) unknown princess married
Tarl’a (Tadg of Scots)
1n) CANAUL, 24th King of Picts
[6 years, to 789] & 28th King of Scots
5m) unknown princess married
Uurguist (FERGUS, 26th King of Scots)
1n) CASTANTIN, 25th King of
Picts [35 (or 32?) years, or 42 or 45 years, 789 to 820] & 30th King of
Scots
1o) DREST, 27th King of Picts
[Drest & Talorgen 3 or 4 years, 834 to 837?]
2n) unknown princess married
Uuthoil
1o) TALORGEN, 28th King of
Picts [Drest & Talorgen 3 or 4 years, 834 to 837?]
3n) UNUIST, 26th King of Picts
[12 years, or 10 years, 820 to 834] & 31st King of Scots
1o) UUEN, 29th King of Picts [3
years, 837? to 839] & 33rd King of Scots
4n) unknown princess married
Bargoit
1o) UURAD, 30th King of Picts
[3 years, 839 to 842?]
1p) BRED, 31st King of Picts [1
year, or 1 month, 842?]
2p) KINETH, 32nd King of Picts
[1 year, to 843]
3p) DRUST,
34th King of Picts [3 years, 845? to 848?]
4p) unknown princess married
Fochel
1q) BRUDE,
33rd King of Picts [2 years, 843? to 845?]
2h) GARTNAIT, 9th King of Picts
[5 or 6½ years, 657 to 663?]
3h) DREST, 10th King of Picts
[6 or 7 (or 8?) years, 663? to 671]
4h) unknown princess married
Derelei
1i) BREDEI,
13th King of Picts [11 or 31 (or 9? or 10?) years, 696 to 706?]
2i) NECHTON,
14th King of Picts [15 or 19 years, 706? to 724? & 9 months,
729]
3i) unknown princess married firstly ? EOCHAID, 17th King of Scots
1j) DREST, 15th King of Picts
[Drest & Elpin 5 years, 724? to 726]
2j) ELPIN, 16th King of Picts
[Drest & Elpin 5 years, 726 to 728] (& 23rd King of Scots?) married secondly ? Congus
3j) Talorc
[unplaced]
1b) GALAM Cennaleph, King of
Picts [4 years (cum Briduo i anno)]
Section 1
Alpin, King of Scots, had issue:
1a) Kenneth I Macalpin, King of Dalriada 841, and King of
the Picts (as Ciniath III) in 844, becoming known as King of Scots; he d.859
1b) Constantine I, King of Scots
863, k.a.in battle with the Danes at Black Cove, Angus 877 (bur
1c) Donald II, King of Scots
889, d.900, bur
1d) Malcolm I, King of Scots
942, k.by the men of Moray 954, bur
1e) Dubh, King of Scots 962,
k.by the men of Moray 967
1f) Malcolm, King of
Strathclyde 973-90
2f) Kenneth III, King of Scots
997, k.a.Monzievaird ca
1g) Giric, k.a.Monzievaird with
his father
2g) Gillacomgain, k.999
3g) Boite=Bodhe
1h) a son
1i) a son, murdered by King
Malcolm III 1033
2h) Gruoch; m.1st Gillacomgain,
Mormaer of Moray (burned alive in his hall 1032); m.2nd after 1032
MacBeth, King of Scots (below)
1i) Lulach, King of Scots 1057,
k.at Essie by Malcolm, son of King Duncan I 17 Mar 1058, bur
1j) Maelsnectai, Mormaer of
Moray, d.1085
2j) a dau; m.Aedh, Mormaer of
Moray
1k) Oengus-Aungus, Mormaer of
Moray
2k) Malcolm, Mormaer of Moray
1130-4, d.23 Oct 1168; m.a sister of Somerled, Lord of the Isles
1l) Gormflaeth=Hvafleda;
m.Harald II Maddadson, Earl of Orkney (d.1206)
3k) Gruaidh; m.William, Earl of
Moray (son of King Duncan II)
2e) Kenneth II, King of Scots
971, murdered at Fetteresso 995
1f) Dungal, k.by his cousin
Gillacomgain MacKenneth 999
2f) Malcolm II, King of Scots
1005 (ca 954-Glamis
1g) Bethoc; m.ca 1000 Crinan,
Mormaer of Athole (k.in battle with MacBeth 1045 while trying to avenge the
murder of his son, King Duncan I); for more on his line see Section II
2g) Donada; m.Sigurd Digri,
Jarl of Orkney and
2b) Aedh, King of Scots 877-8,
k.at Strathallan by Giric, Regent of Strathclyde
1c) Constantine II, King of
Scots 900-42, abdicated 942, d.952
1d) Callach, k.a.Brunanburh 937
2d) Indulf, King of Scots 954,
k.by Norse invaders 962
1e) Culen, King of Scots, k.by
his kinsman Riderch of Strathclyde 971
1f) Constantine III, King of
Scots 995, k.by Kenneth III at Rathinveramon 997
2f) Malcolm
2e) Eochaid, k.with his brother
971
3e) Olav, k.by King Kenneth II
ca 977
3d) a dau; m.Olav Sihtricsson,
King of
2c) Donald, King of Strathclyde
as Dyfnal V; his descendants reigned there until 1018
3b) a dau; m.Run, King of
Strathclyde
1c) Eochaid, King of Scots
878-89, deposed by Donald II
2a) Donald I, King of Scots 859-63
Section II
Dunan, Abthane of Dule was father of:
Duncan, Mormaer of Athol, who was father of:
Crinan, Mormaer of Athole, Abthane of Dule, and Lay Abbot
of Dunkeld (k.in battle with MacBeth 1045); m.Bethoc of
1a) Duncan I, King of Scots 1034, murdered by MacBeth at
Bothnagowan 14 Aug 1040, bur Iona; m.ca 1030 Sibylla, probably sister of
Siward, Earl of Northumbria, and dau of Bjorn Bearsson
1b) Malcolm III Canmore, King of
Scots 1058 (ca 1031-k.a.Alnwick 13 Nov 1093); m.1st ca 1059
Ingibiorg, widow of Thorfinn, Earl of Caithness and Jarl of Orkney, dau of Finn
Arnesson of Vrjar, Jarl of Halland, by Bergljot, a niece of King Olav II of
Norway; m.2nd Dunfermline ca 1069 [St.] Margaret Atheling (Hungary
ca 1045-Edinburgh Castle 16 Nov 1093)
[by 1st
m.]:
1c) Duncan II, King of Scots
May 1094 (when he deposed his uncle, Donald Bane)-Nov 1094 (ca 1060-k.at order
of his half-brother Edmund and uncle Donald Bane at
Mondynes
1d) William, Earl of Moray,
d.1153/4; m.1st Gruaidh, dau of Aedh, Mormaer of Moray (above); m.2nd
ca 1138
[by 1st
m.]:
1e) Donald Macwilliam,
k.a.Mamgarvia Moor, Speyside 31 Jul 1187, trying to regain the throne
1f) Godfrey Macwilliam, beheaded
at Kincardine 1213 after second Macwilliam rising
2f) Donald Macwilliam, k.a.in
Moray
3f) a dau; m.N Macewen
1g) Gillespie Macewen, Lord of
Badenoch, executed at Forfar 1228 after fourth Macwilliam rising
1h) a son, executed at Forfar
1228
2h) a son, executed at Forfar
1228
3h) a dau, executed at Forfar
1228
2e) Gospatrick Macwilliam, Lord
of Airton, Yorkshire, died at a great age after 1208, leaving issue still
extant in male line, of whom I have no details
[by 2nd
m.]:
3e) William, lord of Egremont,
Cumberland, d.young, being accidentally drowned in the Wahrfe at
4e) Cecily, heiress of Skipton;
m.William le Gros, Earl of Aumale (d.20 Aug 1179)
5e) Amabel, heiress of
Egremont; m.Reginald de Lucy
6e)
2c) Malcolm fl 1094
3c) Donald, d.1085
[by 2nd
m.]:
4c) Edward, d.Edwardisle, nr
Jedburgh 16 Nov 1093, of wounds received at Alnwick three days before
5c) Edmund, a monk, d.at
Montacute,
6c) Ethelred, Lay Abbot of
Dunkeld, d.by 1097, bur
7c) Edgar, King of Scots 1097
(ca 1074-Edinburgh Castle
8c) Alexander I, King of Scots
1107 (ca 1077-Stirling
1d) [illegitimate] Malcolm,
twice tried to overthrow King David I
9c) David I, King of Scots 1124
(ca 1080-Carlisle
1d) Malcolm, d.young
2d) Henry, Earl of Huntingdon
(ca 1115-12 Jun 1151, bur Kelso); m.1139
1e) Malcolm IV, King of Scots
1153 (
2e) William I the Lion, King of
Scots 1165 (1143-Stirling
1f) Alexander II, King of Scots
1214 (Haddington
1g) Alexander III, King of
Scots 1249 (Roxburgh
1h) Alexander (Jedburgh
2h) David (
3h) Margaret (
1i) Margaret, “the Fair
Maid of Norway”, Queen of Scots 1286 (b.Norway before 9 Apr 1283, d.in
Orkney ca 26 Sep 1290); after the death of Queen Margaret the succession was
disputed among thirteen claimants, whose claims were submitted to arbitration
by King Edward I of England. The claimants were: Count Floris of Holland,
descended from Ada of Huntingdon; Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, descended from a nat
dau of King William the Lion; William de Vesci, descended from a nat dau of
King William the Lion; William de Ros, descended from a nat dau of King William
the Lion; Robert de Pinkeny, descended from an alleged nat dau of Henry, Earl
of Huntingdon; Nicholas de Soules, descended from a nat dau of King Alexander
II; Patrick Galithly, whose father was nat son of King William the Lion; Roger
de Mandeville, descended from a nat dau of King William the Lion; John Comyn,
lord of Badenoch, a descendant of King Donald Bane; John, Lord Hastings, a
great-grandson of David, Earl of Huntingdon; John Baliol a great-grandson of
David, Earl of Huntingdon; Robert de Brus a great-great-grandson of David, Earl
of Huntingdon; and King Eric of Norway, father of Queen Margaret
2g) [illegitimate] Marjorie; m.Alan
Durward
1h) Ermengarde; m.N de Soules
1i) Nicholas de Soules, a 1290
claimant
2f) Margaret, dsps 1259; m.York
1221 Hubert de Burgh, Earl of
3f) Isabella, dsp after 1253;
m.1225 Roger le Bigod, Earl of
4f) Marjorie, dsp
5f) [illegitimate]
6f) [illegitimate] Margaret;
m.Eustace de Vesci
1g) William de Vesci
1h) William de Vesci, dspl
1297, a 1290 claimant
7f) [illegitimate] Isabella;
m.Robert de Ros
1g) William de Ros, of Hamlake
1h) Robert de Ros, Lord de Ros
1i) William, Lord de Ros, d.15
Aug 1316, a 1290 claimant
8f) [illegitimate] Henry
Galithly
1g) Patrick Galithly, a 1290
claimant
9f) [illegitimate] Aufrica;
m.William de Say
1g) Aufrica de Say; m.Robert
Wardone
1h) Agatha Wardone; m.N de
Mandeville
1i) Roger de Mandeville, a 1290
claimant
10f) [illegitimate] Isabella;
m.Robert de Brus
3e) David, Earl of Huntingdon
(ca 1144-Jerdelay
1f) Robert, d.young, bur
Lindores Abbey
2f) Henry, d.young
3f) John le Scot, Earl of
Huntingdon, Earl of
4f) Margaret, d.ca 6 Jan 1233;
m.1209 Alan, lord of
1g) ?[might
be dau of Alan’s first marriage] Helen; m.by 1234 Roger de Quincey, Earl
of
2g) Christian, dsp shortly
before
3g) Devorguilla, d.28 Jan 1290;
m.1233 John Baliol (d.1269)
1h) Hugh Baliol (ca 1240-Holy
Land 1271); m.Agnes de
2h) Alan Baliol, k.a.ca 1272
3h) Alexander Baliol, d.by
4h) John Baliol, King of Scots
1292, being selected from among the claimants by King Edward I of England;
having rebelled abainst Edward’s overlordship, he was deposed 1296; b.ca
1250, d.Bailleul-en-Gouffern, Normandy Apr 1313; m.by 7 Feb 1281 Isabella de
Warenne
1i) Edward Baliol, de facto
King of parts of Scotland 1332 and 1333-8, surrendered all claims to Edward III
of England 1356, d.in England 1363
2i) Henry Baliol, k.a.Anna
5h) Cecily, d.1289
6h)
7h) Alianore; m.John Comyn of
Badenoch
8h) Margaret; m.N de Multon
5f) Isabella, d.1251; m.Robert
de Bruce, lord of
6f) Matilda
7f)
1g) Henry, Lord Hastings
1h) John, 2d Lord Hastings,
d.1313; a 1290 claimant
4e) Ada, d.after 1205; m.1161
Floris III, Count of
5e) Margaret, d.1201; m.1st
1160 Conon IV, Duc de Bretagne (d.20 Feb 1171); m.2d Humphrey de Bohun (d.1181)
6e) Matilda, d.1152
3d) Claricia
4d) Hodierna
10c) Edith=Matilda (
11c) Mary, d.31 May 1116, bur
Bermondsey Abbey; m.1102 Eustache Cte de Boulogne
2b) Donald III Bane, King of
Scots 1093-4 and 1094-7 (ca 1033-Rescobie 1099); m.NN
1c) Bethoc; m.Uchtred of
Tynedale
1d) Hexthilda; m.1st Richard
Comyn; m.2d Malcolm, Earl of Athol (below)
1e) William Comyn
1f) Richard Comyn
1g) John Comyn
1h) John Comyn, of Badenoch, a
1290 claimant
3b) Melmare; m.NN
1c) Madach-Maddad, Earl of
Atholl, d.ca 1152; m.1st NN; m.2nd Margaret, dau of
Harald, Jarl of Orkney
[by 1st
m.]:
1d) Malcolm, 2nd Earl
of Athol, d.ca 1198; m.Hexthild of Tynedale (above)
1e) Henry, 3rd Earl
of Athol, d.shortly before Jan 1211; m.Margaret N
1f) Isabel, Css of Athol, d.ca
1231; m.1st by 1211 Thomas of
1g) Patrick, 5th Earl
of Athol, burnt to death by Walter Bisset at Haddington 1242
2f)
Fernelith, Css of Athol, d.ca 1250; m.by 1242 David Hastings; their dau.
Ada, m.John of Strathbogie, and carried the Athol title into that family
[by 2nd
m.]:
2d) Harald Maddadsson, Jarl of
Orkney, Earl of
1e) [by 1st
m.] David, Jarl of Orkney, d.1214
2e) [by 2nd
m.] John, Jarl of Orkney, d.1231
2a) Maldred, lord of Allerdale, Regent of Strathclyde;
m.Ealdgyth, dau of Uhtred, Earl of
1b) Gospatrick, Earl of
Northumberland, Earl of
1c) Dolfin
2c) Gospatrick, 2d Earl of
Dunbar, k.a.Battle of the Standard 22 Aug 1138; m.NN; he was ancestor of the
subsequent Dunbars, Earls of Dunbar, Earls of March, Earls of Moray, Dunbars of
Mochrum, Bt., etc
3c) Waltheof, lord of
Allerdale, Abbot of Crowland 1125-38
4c) Aethelreda; m.Duncan II,
King of Scots
2b) Maldred, ancestor of the
Nevilles of Raby
Section III
Robert de Bruce, lord of Annandale, and his wife,
Isabella of Huntingdon (see Part 2) had issue:
1a) Robert, lord of Annandale, a 1290 claimant (ca
1210-Lochmaben Castle before
1b) Robert, lord of Annandale,
Earl of Carrick 1271-92 (1253-before
1c) Robert I, King of Scots
1306 (Writtle, nr
[by 1st
m.]:
1d) Marjorie, d.2 Mar 1316;
m.1315 Walter, High Steward of
[by 2nd
m.]:
2d) David II, King of Scots (
3d) John, d.young, bur
Restennet Priory
4d) Matilda, d.Aberdeen
5d) Margaret, d.ca 1346; m.by
2c) Edward, Earl of Carrick,
King of Ireland 1316, k.a.Dundalk
1d) [illegitimate by Isabel of
Strathbogie] Alexander Bruce, Earl of Carrick 1330, k.a.Halidon Hill
2d) [illegitimate] Thomas,
ancestor of Bruce of Clackmannan
3c) Sir Thomas, executed at
4c) Alexander, Dean of
5c) Nigel, executed at Berwick
Sep 1306
6c) Isabella, d.1358; m.by
7c) Mary; m.1st ca 1312 Sir
Neil Campbell of Lochow (d.by 1316); m.2d 1316 Sir Alexander Fraser
8c) Christian, d.ca 1356; m.1st
Gratney, 7th Earl of Mar (d.by Sep 1305); m.2nd Sir Christopher
Seton; m.3rd Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell
9c) Matilda, d.after Sep 1323;
m.Hugh, 4th Earl of Ross (k.a.19 Jul 1333)
10c) Margaret; m.Sir William de
Carlyle
2b) William; m.Elizabeth de
Sully
3b) Richard, d.by
2a) Sir Bernard, of Conington and Exton; m.Constance de
Morteyn; note: some sources have him as son of his brother Robert and Isabel de
Clare]
1b) Bernard, of Conington and
Exton, d.23 Nov 1300; m.Agatha N
1c) Bernard, of Conington and
Exton, d.by
1d) Bernard, of Conington and
Exton, b.24 Jul 1311, d.by
2d) John, of Conington and
Exton, b.13 Jun 1317, d.by
1e) Bernard, b.posthumously ca
2 Feb 1347, d.ca
2e) Agnes; m.1st by
3e) Jane, d.28 Jun 1421; m.by
4e) Elizabeth, a nun
5e) Elen, a nun
2b) John; m.NN
1c) Bernard, of Thrapston,
d.after 1376/7
1d) Elen fl 1376/7
3a) Beatrice; m.Hugo de Neville