Máelsnechtai
"Mèl Snechtai"
MacLulaich
formerly mac Lulaich
Born in Moray, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Unknown Moray
Died
at about age 34
in Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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| Máelsnechtai (mac Lulaich) MacLulaich was an inhabitant of Medieval Scotland. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by Lulach |
Mormaer of Moray 17 Mar 1058-1078 |
Succeeded by Angus "Oenghus mac inghine Lulaich, ri Moréb" |
Biography
Máelsnechtai MacLulaich was born the son of Lulach MacGilleomgain King of Scots. [1]
He granted land to the church of Deer; he was Mormaer of Moray until 1078, and became a monk.[2]
Máelsnechtai MacLulaich died in 1085 at Deabhra in Lochaber. [3] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, s.a. 1078, reports that "In this year Máel Coluim seized the mother of Máel Snechtai ...and all his treasures, and his cattle; and he himself escaped [only] with difficulty…and in 1085 - seven years after - he died in the old stronghold of Deabhra in Lochaber…” [4][5]
Research Notes
- There is no record of a marriage or children.
Sources
- ↑ Anderson, Allan Orr. Scottish annals from English chroniclers, A.D. 500 to 1286. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd (1922), vol. 1, citing, Genealogies from the Book of Ballymote, pp. 148-149, “Maelsnachtai, son of Lulach, son of Gillacom [gain], son of Maelbrigte, son of Ruadri, son of Morgan, son of Donald, son of Cathmail, son of Ruadri, son of Aircellach, son of Ferchar Fota,” pps. 173-174.
- ↑ Cawley, Charles Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (2006), chap. 6.A.2.b.) I.) LULACH (a).
- ↑ Anderson, Allan Orr. Scottish annals from English chroniclers, A.D. 500 to 1286. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd (1922), vol. 1, citing, Annals of Ulster, vol. II, p. 38, s.a. 1085, “Maelsnechtai, Lulach’s son, the king of Moray…happlily ended his life,” p. 46.
- ↑ Rampini, Charles. “A History of Moray and Nairn.” Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons (1897), p. 43
- ↑ Skene, William Forbes. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban. Volume I. History and Ethnology, Edinburgh: David Douglas (1886), This edition Paisley PA: Grian Press (2014), loc. 5192, https://a.co/ah5crOs
See also:
- Wikipedia: Máel Snechtai of Moray
- Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Vintage (1989), p. 183-184, https://a.co/f6xc92S
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