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Edith Aelgifu D'Ossory


Preferred Parents:
Father: Sigurd D'Ossory, b. 930 in Scotland   d. 965 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Jocunda Olafsdatter, b. 930   d. 981 in Firth, Orkney, Scotland

Family 1: King Malcolm II of Scotland ,    b. 5 OCT 958 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland    d. 25 NOV 1034 in Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland
  1. Olith ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda, b. ABT 988 in Perthshire, Scotland     d. 1034 in Caithness, Scotland
  2. Bethóc of Scotland, b. 984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland     d. 15 SEP 1049 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
  3. Duxia, b. ABT 980    
Sources:
  1. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
  3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
  4. Title: Malcolm II of Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Author: Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_II_of_Scotland#Children;
    Note: Malcolm II (Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Cináeda; c. 954 – 25 November 1034)[2] was King of the Scots from 1005 until his death.[3] He was a son of King Kenneth II; the Prophecy of Berchán says that his mother was a woman of Leinster and refers to him as Forranach, "the Destroyer".[4] To the Irish annals which recorded his death, Malcolm was ard rí Alban, High King of Scotland. In the same way that Brian Bóruma, High King of Ireland, was not the only king in Ireland, Malcolm was one of several kings within the geographical boundaries of modern Scotland: his fellow kings included the king of Strathclyde, who ruled much of the south-west, various Norse-Gael kings on the western coast and the Hebrides and, nearest and most dangerous rivals, the kings or Mormaers of Moray. To the south, in the Kingdom of England, the Earls of Bernicia and Northumbria, whose predecessors as kings of Northumbria had once ruled most of southern Scotland, still controlled large parts of the southeast. Early years Malcolm II was born to Kenneth II of Scotland. He was grandson of Malcolm I of Scotland. In 997, the killer of Constantine is credited as being Kenneth, son of Malcolm. Since there is no known and relevant Kenneth alive at that time (King Kenneth having died in 995), it is considered an error for either Kenneth III, who succeeded Constantine, or, possibly, Malcolm himself, the son of Kenneth II.[6] Whether Malcolm killed Constantine or not, there is no doubt that in 1005 he killed Constantine's successor Kenneth III in battle at Monzievaird in Strathearn.[7] John of Fordun writes that Malcolm defeated a Norwegian army "in almost the first days after his coronation", but this is not reported elsewhere. Fordun says that the Bishopric of Mortlach (later moved to Aberdeen) was founded in thanks for this victory over the Norwegians.[8] Children Malcolm demonstrated a rare ability to survive among early Scottish kings by reigning for twenty-nine years. He was a clever and ambitious man. Brehon tradition provided that the successor to Malcolm was to be selected by him from among the descendants of King Aedh, with the consent of Malcolm's ministers and of the church. Ostensibly in an attempt to end the devastating feuds in the north of Scotland, but obviously influenced by the Norman feudal model, Malcolm ignored tradition and determined to retain the succession within his own line. But since Malcolm had no son of his own, he undertook to negotiate a series of dynastic marriages of his three daughters to men who might otherwise be his rivals, while securing the loyalty of the principal chiefs, their relatives. First he married his daughter Bethoc to Crinan, Thane of The Isles, head of the house of Atholl and secular Abbot of Dunkeld; then his youngest daughter, Olith, to Sigurd, Earl of Orkney. His middle daughter, Donada, was married to Finlay, Earl of Moray, Thane of Ross and Cromarty and a descendant of Loarn of Dalriada. This was risky business under the rules of succession of the Gael, but he thereby secured his rear and, taking advantage of the renewal of Viking attacks on England, marched south to fight the English. He defeated the Angles at Carham in 1018 and installed his grandson, Duncan, son of the Abbot of Dunkeld and his choice as Tanist, in Carlisle as King of Cumbria that same year.[9] While the wife or wives of Malcolm II have never been identified, he is known to have had 3 daughters: Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda, married Crínán of Dunkeld, mother of his successor, Duncan I. Donada, married Findláech of Moray, mother of Macbeth, King of Scotland Olith, married Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney, mother of Thorfinn the Mighty
    Page: While the wife or wives of Malcolm II have never been identified, he is known to have had 3 daughters: Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda, married Crínán of Dunkeld, mother of his successor, Duncan I. Donada, married Findláech of Moray, mother of Macbeth, King of Scotland Olith, married Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney, mother of Thorfinn the Mighty
  5. Title: FindAGrave
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159485909/%C3%A6lfgifu-sigurdsd%C3%B3ttir;
    Note: The record shows Malcolm II King of Scots 954-1034 as well as one child Bethoc Ingen Mail Coluim Meic Cinaeda 984–1045. This is suspect in that the birth year (984) for the child is AFTER the death of the mother (983). It is possible that Aelfgifu was married to Malcolm II, but based on the text text found in the memorials is often date, she is probably not the mother of daughter Bethoc. Unable to find any other source to corroborate that Aelfgifu was married to Malcolm II.
    Page: FindAGrave is usually a good source for verification of death, but the text found in the memorials is not always validated. Facts entered here are often copied from other sources, but there is no attribution. Hopefully someone will be able to clarify.
  6. Title: 'Irishwoman from Ossory' in "Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy By Alison Weir"
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=7nZ90l1_IzAC&q=Strathclyde#v=snippet&q=Strathclyde&f=false;
    Note: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy By Alison Weir pages 178-180 Malcom II Father: Kenneth II Mother: Princess of Leinster Born in c.954. In his youth, he was styled Prince of Cumbria. He succeeded his cousin Malcolm, son of King Duff, as King of Strathclyde in c.990/1, and ruled Strathclyde until 995, when he was deposed. He was restored in 997, and succeeded Kenneth III as King of Scotland on 25 March, 1005. In c 1016, he became King of Lothian, thus becoming the first effective ruler of the whole of Scotland. There is no record of his coronation. Malcolm II died on 25 November, 1034 at Glamis Castle, Angus, mortally wounded by his kinsmen, and was buried on the Isle of Iona. He was the last sovereign of the House of MacAlpine. He was succeeded by his grandson Duncan. Malcolm II married a lady whose name is not recorded, said to have been an Irishwoman from Ossory, and had issue: 1) Bethoc 2) Donada (?) - she has also been described as the daughter of Kenneth II 3) Daughter (name not known) - This may have been the daughter married to Sigurd, arl of Orkney, in c1005/8; some sources identify her with Donada. BETHOC, daughter of Malcolm II - Known as the Lady of Atholl, she married Crinan the Thane, Mormaer of Atholl, Abthane of Dule, Steward of the Western Isles, and Lay Abbot of Dunkeld (c975-killed 1045 in battle against Macbeth), son of Duncan, Mormaer of Atholl. The marriage took place before 1008, perhaps in 1100, and they had issue, throughwhom they were founders of the Royal House of Dunkeld: i) Duncan I ii) Maldred iii) Daughter (name not known) - She married a man about whom no information exits, and had issue: Moddan, Earl of Caithness (killed 1040) iv) Daughter (name not known) - Nothing is known about her MALDRED, son of Bethoc - He was created Lord of Allerdale, and was appointed Regent of the Kingdom of Strathclyde in 1034. He was probably killed in battle in 1045. Maldred married (no record exists of the date or the place): Edith She was the daughter of Uchtred, Earl of Northumbria, by Elgiva, daughter of Aethelred II, King of England. Issue of marriage: a) Gospatrick b) Maldred GOSPATRIC, son of Maldred - He was born in c1040. He was created Earl of Northumbria before 1071, possibly in 1068, but was deprived of this earldom in 1072, when he was created Earl of Dunbar. He died on 15 December, but the year is unspecified, at Ubbanford (modern Norham), Scotland, and was buried in Norham Church; however, another tradition states that he became a monk at Durham Cathedral, where he died and was buried. Gospatric married an unknown lady, and had issue: 1) Dolfin, Earl of Cumberland (d after 1092) he married an unknown lady and had issue. 2) Waltheof, 1st Baron of Allerdale, Abbot of Crowland (d1138?) he married a lady called Sigrid, and had issue. 3) Gospatric, 2nd Earl of Dunbar (killed at the Battle of the Standard, 1138) he married an unknown lady and had issue. 4) Octreda; she married Waldeve, son of Gillemin. 5) Gunhilda; she married Orm, son of Ketil. 6) Matilda; she married Dolfon, son of Aylward. 7) Ethelreda; she married Duncan II. MALDRED, son of Maldred - He married a lady about whom no information exists, and had issue: 1) Robert 2) Uhtred 3) Ulkil (?)
    Page: Malcolm II married a lady whose name is not recorded, said to have been an Irishwoman from Ossory, and had issue: 1) Bethoc 2) Donada (?) - she has also been described as the daughter of Kenneth II 3) Daughter (name not known) - This may have been the daughter married to Sigurd, arl of Orkney, in c1005/8; some sources identify her with Donada.
  7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Queen of Scotland Mrs. Malcolm MacKenneth -
    Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
    Note: Source: Fam. Gr. Sheet by Gen., Soc. SLC, UT; Burke's Peerage 99th Ed. (942.D22bup prefix pp. 285-6); Dict. of Nat'l. Biography (922.042 D5cln vol. 35 pp. 399-401; A vindication of McBeth (929.2706 M288C p. 141) Encyclopedia of Britannica 1964 Ed. (032 Enl 9b vol. 14, p, 725); A Hist. of Scot. by J. D. Mackie p. 46; Parke scrapbook # Submitter: Emmett Wm. Heath
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244547632
  8. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/17053479;
  9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
    Note: birth-name: Edith De Ossory Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3248180394
  10. Title: Book - THE FINDLEY GENEALOGY, by Hughes, Clara W., published 1967
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/findleygenealogy00hugh/page/n5/mode/2up;
    Page: page 4, named as second wife Aelifu, of whom [Malcom II] had three daughters.
  11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
  12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
  13. Title: (her husband) MALCOLM II King of Scotland - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#_ftnref162;
    Note: MALCOLM ([954]-Glamis Castle, Angus 25 Nov 1034, bur Isle of Iona). The 11th century Synchronisms of Flann Mainistreach name (in order) "…Cuillen mac Illiulb, Cinaet mac Maelcolaim, Custantin mac Cuilen, Cinaet mac Duib, Maelcolaim mac Cinaeta" as Scottish kings, dated to the 10th and 11th centuries[163]. The 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum lists "…Malcolin filius Kinet xxx…" as king[164]. It is tempting to suggest that either he, or his first cousin with the same name, spent time at the court of Edgar King of England during his youth, as "Malcolm dux" subscribed a charter of King Edgar relating to land in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk dated 970[165], but there is no proof of the co-identity of these persons. He succeeded in 1005 as MALCOLM II King of Scotland. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that Grime was killed by Malcolm, son of King Kenneth II, who succeeded as king[166]. He attacked northern England in 1006. King of Lothian from [1016], becoming effective ruler of the whole of Scotland. The Historia Regum of Simeon of Durham records a battle between "Huctredum filium Waldef comitem Northymbrorum" and "Malcolmum filium Cyneth regem Scottorum" at "Carrum" in 1018[167]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Malcolm submitted to Canute King of England in 1031, along with "two other kings, Mælbeth and Iehmarc"[168]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun defended Cumbria against King Canute, who agreed that it should be ruled by Malcolm’s grandson Duncan[169]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 1034 of "Mael Coluim son of Cinaed, king of Scotland"[170]. The Annals of Tigernach record the death in 1034 of “Mael-Coluímb son of Cinaed king of Scotland”[171]. The Chronicle of the Scots and Picts dated 1177 records that "Malcolm mac Kynnat Rex" reigned for 30 years, died "in Glammes" and was buried "in Yona"[172]. The Chronicle of the Picts and Scots dated 1251 includes the same information[173]. m ---. The name of Malcolm's wife is not known. King Malcolm III & his wife had [four] children: i) BETHOC . The "Genealogy of King William the Lyon" dated 1175 names "Betoch filii Malcolmi" as parent of "Malcolmi filii Dunecani"[174]. The Chronicle of the Scots and Picts dated 1177 names "Cran Abbatis de Dunkelden et Bethok filia Malcolm mac Kynnet" as parents of King Duncan[175]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that King Malcolm II had "an only daughter…Beatrice who married Crynyne Abthane of Dul and Steward of the Isles…in some annals, by a blunder of the writer…abbot of Dul"[176]. Lady of Atholl. m ([1000]) CRINAN "the Thane" Mormaer of Atholl, son of --- (-killed in battle 1045). ii) [DONADA . Many secondary sources name Donada as a younger daughter of King Malcolm II and the mother of King Macbeth. It seems that the proof for this connection is slim. The only source so far identified which refers to Macbeth’s maternal origin is the Chronicle of Huntingdon which names "Maket Regem [=King Macbeth] nepotem dicti Malcolmi" when recording that he was expelled from Scotland after ruling 15 years[177]. The word "nepos" is of course treacherous, and could indicate a variety of relationships in addition to grandson. However, it appears that early historians assumed that "grandson" was the correct translation. For example, Ralph Holinshed’s 1577 Chronicle of Scotland names "Doada" as second daughter of Malcolm II King of Scotland and adds that she married "Sinell the thane of Glammis, by whom she had issue one Makbeth"[178]. Another variation is provided by the Cronykil of Andrew of Wyntoun, which records that "Makbeth-Fynlak, his systyr sowne" murdered King Duncan[179]. From a chronological point of view, it is unlikely that Macbeth could have been a nephew of King Duncan, but it is possible that the passage represents an interpretation of "nepos" from an earlier source and has confused the king with whom Macbeth enjoyed this relationship. No source earlier than Holinshed has been found which names her Donada. m as his second wife, FINDLAECH MacRory Thane of Angus Mormaer of Moray, son of RUAIDHRI Mormaer of Moray & his wife --- (-1020). The Annals of Ulster record the death in 1020 of "Finnlaech son of Ruadrí king of Alba…killed by his own people"[180].] iii) [son . Rodulfus Glaber refers to Canute King of England seeking "the friendship of the king of the Scots, receiving his son at the font of baptism"[181]. This passage follows a description of "the Scots whose king was called Malcolm" resisting King Canute's invasion, undated but from the context apparently occurring at the start of Canute's reign. If it is correct that King Malcolm had a son baptised at this time, he would have been considerably younger than the king's daughters, presumably therefore born to a different mother. No corroborative evidence for the existence of this son has been found in other contemporary sources.] iv) [daughter . Orkneyinga Saga records that “Earl Sigurd” married “the daughter of Malcolm King of Scots”[182]. Snorre records the marriage of "Sigurd the Thick" and "a daughter of the Scottish king Malcolm"[183]. It appears unlikely that Sigurd’s wife could have been King Malcolm’s possible daughter Donada (as shown in many secondary sources, including the Complete Peerage[184]) if it is correct that Donada’s recorded husband Findlaech was killed in 1020 and also that their son was born in [1005][185]. m SIGURD "Digri" Hlodverson Jarl of Orkney and Caithness, son of HLODVIR [Lodver] Torfinnsson & his wife Audna --- (-killed in battle Clontarf 23 Apr 1014).]
    Page: " m ---. The name of Malcolm's wife is not known. King Malcolm III & his wife had [four] children"
  14. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  15. Title: Book - TORRENCE AND ALLIED FAMILIES - "The Findley Family" by Robert M Torrence
    Author: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/15175/images/dvm_GenMono000599-00006-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=3
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/171595023;
    Page: page 187 (slide 237) . named as second wife Aelifu, of whom [Malcom II] had three daughters.
  16. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
  17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edith De Ossory - birth-name: Edith De Ossory
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
  18. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  19. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  20. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/25099350;
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