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  Lulach Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Lulach mac Gilla Comgain, Lulach the Simple, or Lulach the Fool) lived from 1029 to 17 March 1058 and was King of Alba from 15 August 1057 to 17 March 1058.
Lulach was the step-son of Macbeth, who he succeeded to the throne.
Lulach's survival into adulthood was somthing of a feat in itself.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/monarchs/lulach.html   (328 words)

  
  Lulach of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lulach (Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin) (before 1033–17 March 1058), was King of Scots between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.
Lulach was the son of Gruoch of Scotland (Lady Macbeth), from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Mac Bethad.
His son Máel Snechtai was Mormaer of Moray, while Óengus of Moray was the son of Lulach's daughter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lulach_of_Scotland   (354 words)

  
 Lulach - Cunnan
Lulach was the step-son of Macbeth and succeeded him on the Scottish throne.
Lulach was born around 1032CE; he was crowned in August 1057, after Macbeth's death, but was killed the following year.
Lulach's death marked the passing of the purely Celtic kings of Scotland -- Malcolm being half-English, through his mother, Sybil who came from the earls of Northumberland.
cunnan.sca.org.au /wiki/Lulach   (194 words)

  
 Lulach - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Lulach, more properly Lulach mac Gilla Comgáin (?-1058), possible King of Alba (1057-1058).
Lulach mac Gilla Comgain, Lulach the Simple, or Lulach the Fool) lived from 1029...
Lulach was the son of Gillacomgain, Mormaer of Moray and Gruoch, who was the grand-daughter...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Lulach.html   (187 words)

  
 Lulach of Scotland
Lulach (c1029- March 17, 1058) was made king of Scotland by the followers of Macbeth, his stepfather.
Lulach appears to have been a weak king, and was known as "Lulach the Simple".
He does, however, have the distinction of being the first king of Scotland of whom there are coronation details available.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lu/Lulach_I_of_Scotland.html   (85 words)

  
 Lulach of Scotland - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He appears to have been a weak king, and was indeed known as Lulach the Simple or Lulach the Fool.
Lulach was said to be the son of princess Gruoch of Scotland (Lady Macbeth), from her first marriage to Gillacomagnan the Earl of Moray, and thus the stepson of Macbeth.
Following the death in battle of Macbeth in 1057, the king's followers placed Lulach in the throne, despite strong resistance from the Malcolm Canmore faction.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lulach_of_Scotland   (165 words)

  
 Lulach of Scotland - RecipeFacts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Lulach was said to be the son of Gruoch of Scotland (Lady Macbeth), from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Mac Bethad.
Following the death in battle of Macbeth in 1057, the king's followers placed Lulach in the throne, despite strong resistance from the of faction of Máel Coluim III.
He is belived to be buried with the rest of the Gaelic kings of Scotland on Saint Columba's Holy Island of Iona in or around the monastery.
www.recipeland.com /facts/Lulach_of_Scotland   (219 words)

  
 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg139 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Lulach "the Fool" of SCOTLAND King was born 1032 and died 17 Mar 1057.
Lulach "the Fool" of SCOTLAND King [Parents] was born 1032.
Lulach was baptized in Reigned 15 Aug 1057- 17 Mar 1058.
www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg139.htm   (296 words)

  
 macbeth_and_son [AS if!]
Lulach’s life is obviously revealed in convenient bite-size pieces to be relevant to Luke’s current predicament, and the two boys follow the same plot arc of discovering the worth of their stepfathers, as well as discovering their own inner heroism and strength.
Lulach lives through the death of his father, and then his stepfather, Macbeth, becoming the popularly acclaimed king of Scotland (not having murdered Duncan, as Shakespeare would have it), and ruling for a number of ‘golden years’.
Lulach experiences the horrors of war as a child, and then as an adult as Malcolm, Duncan’s son filled with English notions of an inherited kingship, invades Scotland to try and become king.
www.asif.dreamhosters.com /doku.php?id=macbeth_and_son   (2112 words)

  
 Scotland's Past - Lulach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Lulach was the son of Gruoch, Macbeth's wife, from her first marriage to Gillacomean.
It is known that Lulach lived at Lochaber and had the nickname of 'the simple'.
This is a thoroughly readable and comprehensive account of the building of medieval Scotland, and a welcome reissue from the New History of Scotland series (formerly published by Edward Arnold).
www.scotlandspast.org /lulach.cfm   (323 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
Lulach (Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin) (1030–17 March, 1058), was King of Scots between 15 August, 1057 and 17 March 1058.
Lulach was the son of Gruoch of Scotland (Lady Macbeth), from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Mac Bethad.
His son Máel Snechtai was Mormaer of Moray, while Óengus of Moray was the son of Lulach's daughter.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lulach   (202 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Lulach is the son of a wealthy nobleman from a land in which he doesn’t remember.
Lulach never thought him a thief, despite the fact that every family member and friend of his were sure that he had stolen everything and left.
After another year, Lulach fell in love with a girl he met in the village, she wore rags and always smiled in a friendly way, the exact opposite of the girls of court that he was so used to.
bwr.hyperchat.com /newchat/u/lulach/~bwr/homepage.html   (737 words)

  
 The Royal House of Moray
They put forward Lulach, the son of Macbeth's wife Gruoch by her first husband Gillacomgain, setting him upon the Stone of Destiny at Scone, and proclaiming him king in 1057.
Maelsnectan became mormaer of Moray on the death of his father in 1058, and must have continued the rebellion against Malcolm III, for we find that in 1078 he was expelled from his mormaership by the king.
The daughter of Lulach married Aedh, and it is with this Aedh that the male descent of the MacKays continues.
www.magma.ca /~mmackay/moray.html   (2268 words)

  
 Gillecomgain, Sigurd, and Lulach
Lulach is the son of GILLECOMGAIN, mormaer of Moray, and Gruoch, the grandaughter of KENNETH III.
Lulach was subsequently remembered as Lulach the Fool or even the Simple, suggesting that he did not have all his faculties.
Lulach's son, MAEL SNECHTA, however remained a rebel leader amongst the men of Moray.
www.angelfire.com /ky/MacBeth/historical.html   (879 words)

  
 Scottish Monarchs - Kings and Queens of Scotland - Lulach.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Lulach was the son of Gillacomgain, Mormaer of Moray and Gruoch, who was the grand-daughter of Kenneth III.
Lulach was killed in battle by his successor, Malcolm III 'Canmore', at Essie in Strathbogie on 17th March, 1058.
The line of Lulach continued, his daughter had a son, Angus, who inherited the title of Mormaer of Moray and made an unsuccessful attempt to claim the throne in the reign of David I.
www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /moray_2.htm   (183 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - nil and others
Lulach 'the Fool' of Scotland, King of Scotland+ b.
     Lulach 'the Fool' of Scotland, King of Scotland was born circa 1030.
     Lulach 'the Fool' of Scotland, King of Scotland was crowned King of Scotland on 15 August 1057 in Scone Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
www.thepeerage.com /p10289.htm   (1547 words)

  
 General History of the Highlands of Scotland - Macbeth through to Malcolm III 1093   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After the reign of Macbeth, the former irregular and confusing mode of succession ceased, and the hereditary mode of succession ceased, and the hereditary principle was adopted and acted upon.
Lulach, the great-grandson of Kenneth IV, being supported by the powerful influence of his own family, and that of the deceased monarch, ascended the throne at the age of twenty-five or twenty-six; but his reign lasted only a few month, he having fallen in battle at Essie, in Strathbogie, in defending his crown against Malcolm.
The body of Lulach was interred along with that of Macbeth, in Iona, the common sepulchre, for many centuries, of the Scottish kings.
www.electricscotland.com /history/genhist/hist23.html   (1388 words)

  
 Toil and Trouble - Duncan I - Macbeth - Lulach - Malcolm III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Lulach was killed by Malcolm, at Essie, in Strathbogie (Aberdeenshire), in 1058.
The deaths of Macbeth and Lulach are noted by the 'Annals of Ulster' and the 'Annals of Tigernach', but both deaths are located in the same year, 1058, and Macbeth's death is placed later in the annal than Lulach's.
thought that Macbeth was Lulach's suzerain.") William of Malmesbury, in his report of the 1054 (though the date is not mentioned) expedition of Siward and Malcolm, mistakenly, writes that: "...
www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /duncan.htm   (3570 words)

  
 Macbeth And Son by Jackie French from HarperCollins Publishers Australia
The story opens evocatively in the past as Lulach and his mother wait for the return of troops including their father and husband, the Mormaer (chief).
Lulach who dreams of Luke thinks he is brave because he spoke the truth in front of his class, alone.
Luke and Lulach live in very different worlds and yet human beings still have the same basic emotional needs, of belonging, of being loved, of feeling connected to their stepfathers.
www.harpercollins.com.au /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0207200343&tc=tg   (3007 words)

  
 Malcolm III of Scotland Summary
Mac Bethad was succeeded by his step-son Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin, who was crowned at Scone, probably on 8 September, 1057.
Lulach was killed by Máel Coluim, "by treachery", near Huntly on 23 April, 1058.
If Orderic Vitalis is to be relied upon, one of Máel Coluim's earliest actions as king may have been to visit the court of Edward the Confessor to arrange a marriage with the English king's grand-niece Margaret.
www.bookrags.com /Malcolm_III_of_Scotland   (3276 words)

  
 Discover and Explore Macbeth - Lady Macbeth
The point I make here is that if Shakespeare's version of Gruach is correct then she must have had a part to play in that murder too, or at the very least, insider knowledge, but as we know from history this was not the case.
For Gruach this was a very lifethreatening situation as her own Lulach could be done away with als, thus leaving no one to avenge Gillacomgain and regain the title.
At the killing of her husband by Malcolm, in the year 1057, she was to see Lulach declared King only to see his death, again at the hands of Malcolm, the following year.
www.thelandofmacbeth.com /ladymac.htm   (477 words)

  
 Macbeth
Lulach lives in eleventh-century Scotland with his mother and stepfather, Macbeth, who becomes a great king and restores peace to the land.
Luke is studying Shakespeare’s play Macbeth at school and dreams about Lulach and Macbeth at night.
Once a book has been short listed for the CBC Awards, your average author starts getting letters (often with sparkles pasted on the envelope) emails and notes passed on from the fruit shop owner's mother's niece, asking for details for school projects.
www.jackiefrench.com /macbeth.html   (476 words)

  
 TimeRef - Medieval History Timelines - 10 Year Overview
He was killed by Malcolm, the son of Duncan I. Macbeth was succeeded by his stepson Lulach.
Lulach was also killed by Malcolm who became the next king.
Lulach was known as the 'fool' or the 'simple'.
www.btinternet.com /~timeref/y101050.htm   (534 words)

  
 Lexikonia.de - Informationen zu Lulach (Schottland)
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Gedrängt von Macbeths Gefolgsleuten übernahm Lulach, der die Beinamen "the Simple" (der Einfältige) und "the Fool" (der Dummkopf) trug, bis 1058 die Macht.
Lulach war der letzte Vertreter des Hauses MacAlpin und damit der letzte König von Schottland in direkter keltischer Tradition.
www.lexikonia.de /356924_lulach_schottland.htm   (278 words)

  
 Origin of McCullough surname - The Official Scotland.com Community
In fact the only reference to the name I am aware of is Lulich or Lulach son of Gillecoimgan Mormaer of Moray, who was also the son of Queen Gruoch (Lady MacBeth) and stepson of MacBeth.
Lulach briefly became King of Scots before his death in 1029.
This Lulach had descendents through his daughter who were strong in Fife and Moray.
www.scotland.com /forums/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=18722   (1008 words)

  
 The Real MacBeth
The events in which Duncan, Macbeth and Gruoch took part were different in emphasis and timing from the familiar events of Shakespeare's tragedy.
She and Macbeth had no children, but it is likely that as the years passed, she may have become anxious to see her son Lulach accepted as his stepfather's heir.
Lulach was called "the Simple", so possible it is permissible to see the influence of Gruoch behind his coronation at Scone immediately upon the death of his stepfather.
www.4scots.us /real_macbeth.htm   (682 words)

  
 Reviews for Ghost Unlaid
Lulach is a Scottish king from the 11th century.
Lulach has to be the sexiest ghost that Scotland has seen in a long time!
Lulach was the quintessential knight in shining armor; only he was dead and haunted a library.
www.marietreanor.com /reviews_for_ghost_unlaid.htm   (864 words)

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