Máel Coluim mac Maíl Brigti

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Biography

Máel Coluim of Moray or Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti was King or Mormaer of Moray 1020 1029 , and, as his name suggests, the son of a Máel Brigte. As with his predecessor Findláech of Moray Findláech mac Ruaidr , sources call him King of Scotland. Rather confusingly for some of our sources and for some historians, Máel Coluim held the kingship contemporaneously with another Máel Coluim, Malcolm II of Scotland Máel Coluim II mac Cináeda of Scotland . The Orkneyinga Saga for instance tells us that Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney was the son of the daughter of Máel Coluim, king of Scotland . Some historians have argued that this was Máel Coluim mac Cináeda of Scotland, but Hudson has suggested that Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti is the more likely candidate p. 135.^[1]

His death date derives from the Annals of Tigernach , which notes s.a. 1029, Mael Colaim mac Mael Brighdi mac Ruaidr , r Alban mortuus est Máel Coluim, son of Máel Brigte of Moray Máel Brigte , son of Ruadr , King of Scotland, dies . As can be seen, if it were not for the mac Máel Brighdi, we could easily assume we were being given an inaccurate date for the death of King Máel Coluim II.^[2]

Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti seems to have been succeeded by his brother Gille Coemgáin of Moray Gille Coemgáin .

Domnall mac Máil Coluim, son of the King of Scotland, whose death is reported by the Annals of Ulster s.a. 1085, may have been a son of this Máel Coluim, or perhaps of Malcolm III of Scotland Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ...^[3]

Person data .

NAME Mael Coluim of Moray ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1029 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULT

SORT Mael Coluim of Moray Category 1029 deaths Category House of Moray Category Medieval Gaels Category People from Moray Category 11th century Scottish ... box before Findláech of Moray Findláech mac Ruaidr title Mormaer of Moray after Gille Coemg in of Moray Gille Coemg in mac Máil Brigti years 1020 1029 end External links http celt ...

Sources

1. ↑ Orkneyinga Saga
2. ↑ Annals of Tigernach
3. ↑ Annals of Ulster

See also:

• https://www.ucc.ie

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Sheri Sturm for starting this profile.