MALDRED

SCOTLAND/DUNBAR CASTLE -  Mary Evans 1836

Perthshire - Dunkeld, - Hermitage Bridge,
E.Longstaffe, c.1904
S.Hildesheimer        5186

 "Dull is a village located in the county of Perth & Kinross in Scotland"

wikipedua - ain Macaulay Friday, 18 November, 2005

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Crinan - de Mormaer Crinan the Thane
Bethoc - Princess " Beatrix, Heiress of Scone"
"He was the lay abbot of the diocese of Dunkeld, and perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl.
Crínán was progenitor of the House of Dunkeld, the dynasty who would rule Scotland
until the later 13th century.
Crinán was married to Bethoc, daughter of King Malcolm II of Scotland (reigned
1005-1034). As Malcolm II had no son, the strongest hereditary claim to the Scottish
throne descended through Bethóc, and Crinán's eldest son Donnchad I (reigned
1034-1040), became King of Scots. Some sources indicate that Malcolm II
designated Duncan as his successor under the rules of tanistry because there were
other possible claimants to the throne.
Crinán's second son, Maldred of Allerdale, held the title of Lord of Cumbria. It is said
that from him, the Earls of Dunbar, for example Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar,
descend in unbroken male line.
Crinán as Lay Abbot of Dunkeld
The monastery of Saint Columba was founded on the north bank of the River Tay in
the 6th century or early 7th century following the expedition of Columba into the land
of the Picts. Probably originally constructed as a simple group of wattle huts, the
monastery - or at least its church - was rebuilt in the 9th century by Kenneth I of
Scotland (reigned 843-858). Caustantín of the Picts brought Scotland's share of the
relics of Columba from Iona to Dunkeld at the same time others were taken to Kells
in Ireland, to protect them from Viking raids. Dunkeld became the prime bishopric in
eastern Scotland until supplanted in importance by St Andrews since the 10th
century.
While the title of Hereditary Lay Abbot was a feudal position that was often exercised
in name only, Crinán does seem to have acted as Abbot in charge of the monastery
in his time. He was thus a man of high position in both clerical and secular society.
The magnificent semi-ruined Dunkeld Cathedral, built in stages between 1260 and
1501, stands today on the grounds once occupied by the monastery. The Cathedral
contains the only surviving remains of the previous monastic society: a course of red
stone visible in the east choir wall that may be re-used from an earlier building, and
two stone 9th century-10th century cross-slabs in the Cathedral Museum.
He is also known as Crinan the Thane. He was the Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, governor
of the Scots Islands. He was killed in a battle among the Scots"

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Saturday, January 09, 2010

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Crinan - de Mormaer Crinan the Thane
Bethoc - Princess " Beatrix, Heiress of Scone"
"Crínán of Dunkeld (died 1045) was the lay abbot of the diocese of Dunkeld, and
perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl. Crínán was progenitor of the House of Dunkeld, the
dynasty who would rule Scotland until the later 13th century.
Crinán was married to Bethoc, daughter of King Malcolm II of Scotland (reigned
1005-1034). As Malcolm II had no son, the strongest hereditary claim to the Scottish
throne descended through Bethóc, and Crinán's eldest son Donnchad I (reigned
1034-1040), became King of Scots. Some sources indicate that Malcolm II
designated Duncan as his successor under the rules of tanistry because there were
other possible claimants to the throne.
Crinán's second son, Maldred of Allerdale, held the title of Lord of Cumbria. It is said
that from him, the Earls of Dunbar, for example Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar,
descend in unbroken male line.
Crinán was killed in battle in 1045 at Dunkeld.
Crinán as Lay Abbot of Dunkeld
The monastery of Saint Columba was founded on the north bank of the River Tay in
the 6th century or early 7th century following the expedition of Columba into the land
of the Picts. Probably originally constructed as a simple group of wattle huts, the
monastery - or at least its church - was rebuilt in the 9th century by Kenneth I of
Scotland (reigned 843-858). Caustantín of the Picts brought Scotland's share of the
relics of Columba from Iona to Dunkeld at the same time others were taken to Kells
in Ireland, to protect them from Viking raids. Dunkeld became the prime bishopric in
eastern Scotland until supplanted in importance by St Andrews since the 10th
century.
While the title of Hereditary Lay Abbot was a feudal position that was often exercised
in name only, Crinán does seem to have acted as Abbot in charge of the monastery
in his time. He was thus a man of high position in both clerical and secular society.
The magnificent semi-ruined Dunkeld Cathedral, built in stages between 1260 and
1501, stands today on the grounds once occupied by the monastery. The Cathedral
contains the only surviving remains of the previous monastic society: a course of red
stone visible in the east choir wall that may be re-used from an earlier building, and
two stone 9th century-10th century cross-slabs in the Cathedral Museum."

Crínán of Dunkeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%ADn%C3%A1n_of_Dunkeld
Saturday, January 09, 2010