Lulach
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Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (Modern Gaelic: Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain, known in English simply as Lulach, and nicknamed Tairbith, "the Unfortunate" and Fatuus, "the Simple-minded" or "the Foolish"; – 17 March 1058) was King of Alba (Scotland) between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.
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Key facts
- Royalty.coronation
- 8 September 1057, Scone
- Royalty.cor type
- Inauguration
- Royalty.predecessor
- Macbeth
- Royalty.successor
- Malcolm III
- Royalty.succession
- King of Alba
- Royalty.reign
- 15 August 1057 –17 March 1058
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 1032
- Royalty.birth_place
- Moray, Scotland
- Royalty.death_date
- (aged 25/26)
- Royalty.death_place
- Essie, Strathbogie
- Royalty.issue
- Máel Snechtai Unnamed daughter
- Royalty.house
- Moray
- Royalty.father
- Gille Coemgáin of Moray
- Royalty.mother
- Gruoch of Scotland
- Royalty.burial_place
- Iona
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Place of birth
- Moray
- Place of death
- Aberdeenshire
- Mother
- Gruoch of Scotland
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- monarch of Scotland
- Family
- House of Moray
- Image
- King Lulach of Scotland.png
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- date of death
- 1058-03-17
- date of birth
- 1030-01-01
- place of burial
- Iona
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Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (Modern Gaelic: Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain, known in English simply as Lulach, and nicknamed Tairbith, "the Unfortunate" and Fatuus, "the Simple-minded" or "the Foolish"; – 17 March 1058) was King of Alba (Scotland) between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.
Lulach was the son of Gruoch of Scotland, from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích). Through his mother, he was also the great-grandson of either Kenneth II or Kenneth III. Following the death of Macbeth at the Battle of Lumphanan on 15 August 1057, the king's followers placed Lulach on the throne. He has the distinction of being the first king of Scotland of whom there are inauguration details available: he was inaugurated, probably on 8 September 1057 at Scone. Lulach appears to have been a weak king, as his nicknames suggest, and ruled only for a few months before being assassinated and usurped by Malcolm III. However, it is also plausible his nicknames are the results of negative propaganda, and were established as part of a smear campaign by Malcolm III.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lulach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.