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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Gruoch of Scotland
Gruoch ingen Boite meic Cináeda was the daughter of Boite son of Cináed mac Duib.
Before 1032 Gruoch was married to Gille Coemgáin mac Maíl Brigti, Mormaer of Moray, with whom she had at least one son, Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin, later King of Scots.
Gruoch is named with Boite and also with Mac Bethad in charters endowing the céli dé monastery at Loch Leven.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Gruoch_of_Scotland   (214 words)

  
  Gruoch - GargWiki
Gruoch became Queen of Scotland at Macbeth’s coronation in 1040, and reigned alongside him until his overthrow in 1057.
Gruoch was Macbeth’s wife in actual history, and her life seems to have been very close to the way that "Gargoyles" portrayed it.
Gruoch is best known today, of course, under her Shakespearean title of "Lady Macbeth", in which role she has become infamous as one of the greatest female villains, not only in Shakespeare’s plays, but in literature in general.
gargoyles.dracandros.com /Gruoch   (335 words)

  
 Gruoch of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gruoch ingen Boite meic Cináeda was the daughter of Boite son of Cináed mac Duib.
Before 1032 Gruoch was married to Gille Coemgáin mac Maíl Brigti, Mormaer of Moray, with whom she had at least one son, Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin, later King of Scots.
Gruoch is named with Boite and also with Mac Bethad in charters endowing the céli dé monastery at Loch Leven.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gruoch_of_Scotland   (233 words)

  
 ALBA AND EARLY SCOTLAND
Gruoch was the daughter of Boedhe (son of Keneth III).
When Macbeth married Gruoch, the widow of former Mormaer Gillacomgain (the cousin of his father Findlaech), his claim was further strengthened under the older alternating order of succession.
A reign of seventeen years is also indicative of a strong king; and he and his queen (Gruoch) were generous to the church." The Chronicle of St. Andrews notes that the lands of Kyrkness (Kirkness) and Balgyne were given by them directly to Almighty God ("Deo Omnipotenti") and the Culdees of Lochleven...
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 The Gargoyles Encyclopedia: MacBeth
The Hunter shoved Gruoch away when he saw the real threat, right into Demona, who in turn, shoved the poor girl absently towards the battlement edges, only to be caught by MacBeth as she nearly fell.
Gruoch turned on her in a fury, telling her that Canmore betrayed her, not MacBeth, and that Canmore had destroyed her clan.
Gruoch showed wisdom, and stopped him, saying that he was already accused of sorcery, and this miracle would result in even his loyal Scotsmen now fearing him.
www.dracandros.com /Jebgarg/tge/macbeth.htm   (4242 words)

  
 The Real MacBeth
Gruoch had been previously married to Gillicomgan, Mormaer of Moray, a cousin of Macbeth's father Finlaech.
The events in which Duncan, Macbeth and Gruoch took part were different in emphasis and timing from the familiar events of Shakespeare's tragedy.
Upon Duncan's death his elder son Malcolm was sent for safety to Siward's Court at York, and subsequently went to the Court of the English king; the younger son Donald Ban was sent to the Western Isles, and then possibly to Ireland.
www.4scots.us /real_macbeth.htm   (682 words)

  
 The Gargoyles Fans Website :: The Grimorum Arcanorum
Queen Mab held sway over the Fair Folk until her son Oberon overthrew her in a great war at some as yet unknown point in time, and imprisoned her.
Queen Mab is the most powerful of the Third Race, even stronger in magic than her son Oberon.
He was the son of Queen Pasiphae, the wife of King Minos of Crete, by a magnificent white bull which Minos was supposed to sacrifice to Poseidon, but decided to keep for himself; Pasiphae was filled with desire for the bull by the gods to punish Minos for his oath-breaking.
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 The Gargoyles Fans Website :: The Grimorum Arcanorum
Gruoch became Queen of Scotland at Macbeth's coronation in 1040, and reigned alongside him until his overthrow in 1057.
was Macbeth's wife in actual history, and her life seems to have been very close to the way that "Gargoyles" portrayed it.
Gruoch is best known today, of course, under her Shakespearean title of "Lady Macbeth", in which role she has become infamous as one of the greatest female villains, not only in Shakespeare's plays, but in literature in general.
www.gargoyles-fans.org /grimorum/guide_g.htm   (12248 words)

  
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Clan Duff was originally the royal Scoto-Pictish line of which Queen Gruoch (travestied by Shakespeare as Lady Macbeth) was the senior representative.
The explaination may be that he had already made his marriage with the heiress of the senior line of the Scottish royal house, and preferred this legitimate heritage to the crime of usurping the crown of his elder half·brother.
The heiress was a grand-daughter of Queen Gruoch and sister of King Maelsnechtai, who reigned in Moray where the arms of Canmore had not penetrated.
www.scotlandsource.com /sources/sskduff.htm   (548 words)

  
 Tour Scotland, Perthshire and Dunkeld.
Clan Duff claims descent from the royal Scoto-Pictish line through Queen Gruoch, wife of Macbeth.
After the death of the king, her second husband, her son Luclach was murdered in 1058.
Malcolm III seized the Crown and his son, Aedh, married Queen Gruoch's only living granddaughter.
www.visitdunkeld.com /clan-macduff-tours.htm   (477 words)

  
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 Welcome to Fyfe Family Genealogy
The name Fife is a Sept of the Clan Macduff whose origins lie with the royal Scoto-Pictish line with Queen Gruoch its senior figure.
William Shakespeare immortalised Queen Gruoch and her husband MacBeth in lierature.
Her son succeeded the throne, but was murdered in 1058 and the throne went to Malcom Canmore (Malcolm III).
www.fyfefamily.co.uk /index.htm   (323 words)

  
 Descent Through Scottish Kings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Whatever she refused, he refused also; whatever pleased her, he also loved for love of her.
Sometimes he sent for a worker in precious metals, whom he commanded to ornament that volume with gold and gems, and when the work was finished, the King himself used to carry the book to the Queen as a loving proof of his devotion.
Father of Kenneth III, and great-grandfather of Gruoch, Lady Macbeth.
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 Did you mean Queen or search result for Queen?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Scotland
The son of Queen Gruoch and King Macbeth, he was briefly proclaimed king after the letter's death in battle against Malcolm III Canmore at Lumphanan in 1057.
Also known as Mary Stuart, she was the daughter of James V. Mary's connection with the English royal line from Henry VII made her a threat to Elizabeth I's hold on the English throne, especially as she represented a champion of the Catholic cause.
Business agent in London (c.1555); plotted (from c.1569) to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, to Duke of Norfolk and set her on English throne; sought cooperation of Duke of Alba, Pius V, and Philip II to overthrow Elizabeth; failed when his emissary Charles Baillie was seized (1571) and Norfolk and Leslie were arrested.
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/Scotland.htm   (8480 words)

  
 Creich Castle in Fife, Scotland
Queen Gruoch (Lady MacBeth of the old Scoto-Pictish royal line) was contemporary to and cousin to King Malcom Canamore.
On their father's side were the Earl MacDuff, Robert the Bruce, Earl MacBeth, Queen Gruoch, the Malcolm Kings, Queen Margaret Althing of Hungarian royalty, English royalty and Thor Finn the Mighty's sister, Queen lngaborg, first wife of Malcolm Canamore III.
Queen Mary often wrote of the kindness of the Laird of Creich in keeping Castle Falklands with plenty of good food while she lived at Falkland.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~tmsgen/sur/creech/castle.html   (1629 words)

  
 The Barony of Corstorphine
Alexander married a second time in order to produce a direct heir but within six months of his marriage his horse stumbled in the dark in Fife as he was returning to his wife and he died at the foot of the cliff.
Mary was sent for safety to France where she married the Dauphin, the heir to the French crown, in 1558.
Son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, James VI was proclaimed king at the age of one, following the enforced abdication of his mother.
www.corstorphine.net /scottishhistory/scotlandsmonarchy.html   (5306 words)

  
 Clan MacDuff
Queen Gruoch, translated by Shakespeare into Lady Macbeth, was the head of that line.
Margaret obtained a great influence over her husband, the queen was instrumental in introducing many Saxon innovations at the Scottish Court.
Queen Margaret used all her influence to replace the rites of the Celtic Church by those of Rome.
www.fortunecity.com /bally/carlow/97/macduff.html   (3329 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5
His Queen Matilda was buried in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Caen, Normandy.
His consort Queen Catherine of Braganza was firstly buried in the monastery of Belem, Portugal.
His second consort Queen Mary of Modena was buried in the Convent of the Visitation of St Mary, Chaillot near Paris.
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"Presently, another blow was to fall upon GRUOCH as a result of this blood feud, for a punitive party succeeded in pinning her husband into his fortress and fired it, and he was burned to death with some 50 of his men in 1032.
GRUOCH was Queen of the Scots at last, and her dead brother was avenged, for she sat on the throne in his stead.
Many who fought in the army of Queen Mary were forced to flee to England and Ireland, and so John FINLEY fled to England, where he died, and was buried in the Parish of Howden, York, on 18 Aug 1578.
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 THE TRANSITION FROM PICTLAND TO ALBA TO SCOTLAND
A grant of the township of Ballecristin was made with similar wording years later by King Malcolm III and Queen Margaret of Scotland.] In the charters by which King Macbeth conveys these gifts, according to John MacBeth (The Scottish Historical Review, Vol.
According to Professor Rait, in The Making of Scotland, Queen Margaret was "a narrow-minded and ill-tempered virago, completely under the influence of her confessor, Turgot, who inspired her with an intense dislike of the Celtic Church".
She was instrumental in the suppression of Gaelic and the substitution of Saxon as the court language.
ca.geocities.com /ross-ter@rogers.com/transition.html   (3842 words)

  
 WTAworld.com - Match the Tennis queens with the real ones
Maybe the beaheaded queens should be players whose carreers was cut down abruptly by injuries like the Austin, Jaeger and so on.
May 18th, 2005 04:49 PM Gaby could be Queen Christina, who gave up her throne early.
Gaby could be Queen Christina, who gave up her throne early.
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 Welcome to Fyfe Family Genealogy
The name Fife is a Sept of the Clan Macduff whose origins lie with the royal Scoto-Pictish line with Queen Gruoch its senior figure.
William Shakespeare immortalised Queen Gruoch and her husband MacBeth in lierature.
Her son succeeded the throne, but was murdered in 1058 and the throne went to Malcom Canmore (Malcolm III).
www.fyfefamily.co.uk   (323 words)

  
 Kings and Queens of Scotland, Part 1
This page covers all the kings and queens of Scotland in sequence up to the end of the 13th century.
The dates shown beside each entry relate to the years in which they reigned (although in the early years historians are sometimes uncertain of the precise dates).
There is also a further page showing a chronology of all the kings and queens of Scotland, England, United Kingdom and France.
www.rampantscotland.com /features/monarchs.htm   (2683 words)

  
 History of The Mackay Clan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The identity of this Hugh is uncertain but the name probably derives from a member of the ancient Celtic royal house, whose branches disputed the throne in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
The Mackays also have strong links with the progeny of Queen Gruoch, who was married to MacBeth.
By the fourteenth century, the clan Mackay was well established in the most northerly and remote area of Scotland - their land extending from Cape Wrath along the north coast to Caithness.
www.mackayweb.com /historymackayclan.htm   (244 words)

  
 Dorothy Dunnett - Questions - King Hereafter
They obviously lived at the same time, Gruoch in 1032, at the death of her first husband, already was mother of a son, and she is mentioned about 1050 as a benefactress to the Loch Leven monks.
My conclusion, wading through all this porridge (and this is just the bit I remember) was that the sanctifying of St Olaf had led to a lot of cleaning up in the background; that Halfdan's dates and even parentage were shaky, and that there was no proof that Ingibjorg couldn't have been born about 1015-17.
Gruoch, who is not mentioned anywhere, might be descended from one of the King Kenneths, and the Boete son of Kenneth killed by Malcolm (King Malcolm II, it is suggested) might be an unknown brother of hers.
www.dorothydunnett.co.uk /dunnettqa5.htm   (4125 words)

  
 Jeconais' Website :: White Knight, Grey Queen - 5 - Planning
Gruoch looked slightly worried but more about Harry's reaction than anything else, Malcom noticed, he knew his wife wouldn't be worried about his plans.
Gruoch shook her head, trying to clear it.
Gruoch winced visibly; and then yanked the wheel to the left, cutting across three lanes of traffic, upsetting several other drivers, and up the slip road of the Watford Gap Road Chef motorway service station.
jeconais.fanficauthors.net /White_Knight_Grey_Queen/5_Planning.php   (18201 words)

  
 Celtic Studio-Clan Duncan
With competence Duncan might have survived, but he provoked his relatives until he was murdered in 1040 and Mac Beth succeeded to his realm.
Duncan II ought to have fared better because he was the eldest son of Malcolm Canmore.
But he too was murdered by his relatives in 1094, and although he had a son it was his junior half-brothers, the English Queen Margaret’s children, who usurped the throne.
www.celticstudio.com /celticstudio/database/clans/031.htm   (326 words)

  
 Clan MacDuff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Clan Duff originated from the Royal Scoto-Pictish line, of which Queen Gruoch stood as its senior representative.
Her son succeeded the throne but was murdered in 1058, whereby Malcolm Canmore won the throne.
His son Aedh, married Margaret of Moray, the granddaughter of Owen Gruoch, and became both the Earl of Fife and the Abbott of Abernethy (the ancient Pictish capital).
www.scotclans.com /clans/macduff.htm   (92 words)

  
 Clan MacDuff - History
the son of Queen Gruoch (who was the senior representative of the House of Duff), by her first husband, succeeded as King Lulach.
Queen Gruoch's (Lady MacBeth) son, had tried to seize the crown at Scone, Duff was given full Commission in the King's name, and marching against Lulach, he encountered the rebel at the village of Essen in Bogdale, and slew him.
In the northern territories of MacBeth and Gruoch's kingdom, families of Clan DUFF emerged in historical record.
www.clanmacduff.org /history.html   (3982 words)

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