Family:
Children:
- Finlac Mormay Of Moray Death: 1020
- Maelbrighde Of Moray
Bibliography
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Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VI p[0-9]*].
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Baldwin, Stewart, Macbeth's pedigree. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 5/1/1996. Subject: Macbeth's pedigree. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/6BSrtfExdhY/m/MKdcuhJCdnwJ. Author address: sbald at AUBURN dot CAMPUS dot MCI dot NET. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 5/1/1996].
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- [Ref: SP VI p281]
Research Notes:
Mormaer of Moray [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 5/1/1996]
appears as mormaer of Moray in the Book of the Deer [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM
5/1/1996]
obituary in contemporary Irish annals mentions son Findlaech [Ref: Stewart
Baldwin SGM 5/1/1996]
I think it can be determined roughly how far back Macbeth's pedigree is
accurate (i.e., probably only to his grandfather). When looking at these old
pedigrees, they should not be considered in isolation, but should be examined
in the context of other pedigrees which appear in the same collection. In
particular, there are several pedigrees appended to the Senchus fer nAlban, of
which five of them seem to form a group which was drawn up in the early eighth
century. (See the discussion in Anderson's "Kings and Kingship in Early
Scotland", pp. 158ff.) I don't have access to Bannerman's edition of these
pedigrees, so they are taken from Anderson's Early Sources of Scotish History,
p. clvi. (Anderson did not keep the forms of the manuscript, but changed the
names to modern forms.)
The pedigrees are:
Congus, son of Consalma, son of Conai Garb, son of Gartnait, son of Aidan,
son of Gabran. (Cenel nGabrain) [Cano, son of Gartnait appears in the annals,
as do three sons of a certain Congus (early 8th century) who is probably this
Congus.]
Ainfcellach, son of Ferchar Fota, son of Feradach, son of Fergus, son of
Nechtan, son of Colum, son of Baetan, son of Eochaid. son of Muiredach, son of
Loarn Mor, son of Erc, son of Eochaid Muin-remor. (Cenel Loairn)
Morgan/Mongan, son of Don[ald], son of Cathma[il], son of Ruadri, son of
Ferchar, son of Muiredach, son of Baetan, son of Eochaid, son of Muiredach.
(also Cenel Loairn)
Eochaid, son of Nechtan, son of Ferchar, son of Fingin, son of Eochaid, son
of Loingsech, *, son of Comgall, son of Domangart, son of Macc-Misi Mor, son
of Erc. (Cenel Comgaill) [* "son of Conall was probably inadvertantly omitted
here, as Conall, son of Comgall is known to have had a son named Loingsech.]
Angus, son of Boib, son of Ronan, son of Aidan, son of Coiblein, son of
Natsluaig, son of Ronan, son of Angus, son of Erc, son of Eochaid Muin-remor.
(Cenel nOengusa)
Because the pedigrees seem to form a group, and the number of generations
suggests that all of them may have been contemporaries, it is reasonable to
accept Anderson's suggestion (Kings and Kingship, pp. 161-2) that the
pedigrees were drawn up in the early eighth century, and that the first person
mentioned was the head of his family at the time the pedigrees were written,
since such pedigrees are easy to bring up to date.
If this is correct (and I think it is), then this Morgan/Mongan lived about
the year 700, and therefore cannot possibly be the near ancestor of Macbeth.
It appears that when the pedigree of Macbeth's kinsman Maelsnechtai was
concocted, the above two Cenel Loairn pedigrees were set end-to-end, the
duplicate names at the beginning of one of them were deleted, and then the
known part of the Moray pedigree was added to the end. Whether or not this was
done because of a genuine tradition of descent from the Cenel Loairn is of no
immediate relevance. The pedigree as it stands appears to be a fabrication.
Morgan/Mongan is most likely a historical person from the early eighth
century, who may or may not have anything to do with the later family of the
mormaers of Moray. Macbeth's pedigree can be considered certain only back to
his grandfather Ruaidri, who appears as the father of Findlaech in the
latter's obituary in the contemporary Irish annals. (Ruaidri also appears as
mormaer of Moray in the Book of the Deer, assuming it is the same man, which
is likely.) Whether or not the generation linking Ruaidri (ca. 1000) to
Morgan/Mongan (ca. 700) was genuinely the father of Ruaidri is impossible to
determine, but it looks like skepticism is best in that regard. [Ref:
Stewart Baldwin SGM 5/1/1996]
Pedigree of Ruaidri Mormaer Of Moray
Ruaidri Mormaer Of Moray
Descendants of Ruaidri Mormaer Of Moray
2nd generation
3rd generation
4th generation
5th generation