Unknown MacAlpin (abt. 979)

Born about 0979 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland

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Biography

Unknown MacAlpin is a member of House of Alpin.

"Alice," "Anleta," "Anlite," "Olith," "Thora Donada"'

Birth and Parents

Unknown (Anleta?, Olith?) MacAlpin was born the daughter of Malcolm II, King of Scots and his unknown wife Unknown (Leinster) . ^[1][2][3]

Children of Unknown MacAlpin and Sigurd Digre Lodvesson

She married Sigurd Digre Lodvesson. ^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

1. Thorfinn Sigurdsson, born about 1009 in Norwegian Jarldom of Orkney; grandson of Malcolm II, King of Scots; ^[9] became Thorfinn "The Black" Jarl of Orkney, also Earl Thorfinn the Mighty; married Ingebjørg Jarlemoder Finnsdotter; died about 1064 in Norwegian Jarldom of Orkney. ^[10]

Research Notes

1. Reliable Sources. Please refer to Scotland Project - Reliable Sources for pre-1500 profiles, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Scotland_-_Reliable_Sources.
2. Unknown 1st Name. Cawley mentions her only as the 4th daughter of Malcolm II, King of Scots. ^[2] The Henry Project describes her as "FEMALE NN." ^[3] Various unreliable sources name her "Alice, Anleta, Anlite, Olith, or Thora Donada." ^[11]
3. Estimated birthdate, 979. Based on birth of child in 1009 and the average female age of fertility from 16 to 44, her Likely Median Birth Year is estmated as 979.

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour, The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905), vol. III, 239-241.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, (Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006), Chapter 1. KINGS of SCOTLAND 834-1034, 2. KENNETH, a) MALCOLM, iv) daughter.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, Baldwin, Stewart, ed., Farmerie, Todd, ed., Máel Coluim mac Cináeda (Malcolm II), (Online https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/, 2001), citing, "Possible additional children: FEMALE NN, m. Sigurðr, jarl of Orkney, d. 23 April 1014. Sigurðr (Sigurd) is stated to have married a daughter of king Malcolm of Scotland [OrkS 12 (p. 39)]. Unfortunately, it is not clear whether the mother of Sigurd's wife was Malcolm II [e.g., Duncan 100, 118; ESSH 1: 510] or his rival Malcolm mac Máel Brigte (d. 1029) [Hudson (1994), 135], who is also called king of Scotland (rí Alban) in his obituary in the Annals of Tigernach [AT]. Chronologically, Malcolm II would seem like the more likely father." Máel Coluim mac Cináeda (Malcolm II).
4. ↑ Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the Icelandic) The Orkneyinga Saga. (Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1873), 158.], citing, “After that Earl Sigurd paid no allegiance to King Olaf. He married the daughter of Malcolm, King of Scots, and their son was Earl Thorfinn; his elder sons [by a former marriage] were Sumarlidi, Brúsi, and Einar.”
5. ↑ Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the Icelandic) The Orkneyinga Saga. (Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1873), 37, citing, “When the news of Earl Sigurd’s death reached Scotland King Malcolm gave the earldom of Caithness to Thorfinn, his daughter’s son by Sigurd, then only five years of age, and Sumarlidi, Brúsi, and Einar, Sigurd’s sons by his former marriage, divided the Orkneys between them.”
6. ↑ Flateyiarbók, vol.i, p. 558, cited in Anderson, Alan Orr. Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500-1286. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd (1922), p. 528. " The earl [Sigurd] proceeded to marry the daughter of Malcolm, the king of the Scots ; and their son was earl Thorfinn."
7. ↑ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 10015-1626. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 7.
8. ↑ Crawford, Barbara E., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sigurd Hlödvisson (II) [Sigurðr Hlöðvisson, Sigurd Digri, Sigurðr inn Digri, earl of Northumbria. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2004), .citing, "the fact that he married the daughter of Malcolm, king of Scots (probably Malcolm II, who ruled from 1005 to 1034), means that he must have been considered an acceptable Christian ally by the established dynasty of the southern kingdom."Sigurd Hlödvisson (II) [Sigurðr Hlöðvisson, Sigurd Digri, Sigurðr inn Digri.
9. ↑ Crawford, Barbara E. Thorfinn Sigurdson (II) [Þorfinnr Sigurðarson , Þorfinnr inn Ríki (c. 1009–c. 1065). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2004), citing, “he was then living with his grandfather, Malcolm, king of Scots, who gave him Caithness and Sutherland, with the title of earl, 'and appointed counsellors to govern with him' (Orkneyinga Saga, chap. 13).” Thorfinn Sigurdson.
10. ↑ Crawford, Barbara E. Thorfinn Sigurdson (II) [Þorfinnr Sigurðarson , Þorfinnr inn Ríki (c. 1009–c. 1065). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2004), citing, “…He was the son of Sigurd II, Jarl of Orkney, and of a daughter of ‘Malcolm, king of Scots’, most probably Malcolm II (r. 1005–1034). He was born c.1009” Thorfinn Sigurdson.
11. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, Malcolm II of Scotland, (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2023), Malcolm II of Scotland.