Æthelred (Dunkeld) Abbot of Dunkeld (aft. 1070 - abt. 1093)

Born after 1070 in Morayshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died about 1093 before about age 23 in St Andrews (Kikrimont), Fife, Scotland

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Biography

"Aed," "Aedh," "Aodh," "Ed," Edelred,” "Edelret,” “Edelread,” “Edelrad,” “Edelradus,” "Ethelrede," "Head," “Heth," "Hugh"

House of Dunkeld

Birth

Æthelred (Edelret mac Maíl Coluim) Dunkeld was born after his parent's marriage in 1070, the son of Malcolm III Dunkeld, King of Scots and Saint Margaret Wessex, Queen of Scots. ^[1][2][3][4]

His father, Malcolm III conferred upon him the title, Earl of Fife, while he was still a youth and further honored him with the Abbacy of Dunkeld. ^[3][5] In execution of these offices, he gave land to the Culdees (Keledei) of Lochleven.^{[1][2][6][3][7][8]}

Death

Æthelred died about 1093 and was “buried at the church in Kilrimount.” ^[1][2][3] He was ”…the third brother, Ethelred, who inherited the abbacy of Dunkeld, probably died young.” ^[9]

Research Notes

1. The cited sources do not adequately support Unknown Moray as the spouse of Æthelred (Edelret mac Maíl Coluim) Dunkeld, including her children, Angus (Oenghus mac inghine Lulaich) Moray and Unknown Moray; all relationships have been removed. Perkins-11750 17:23, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
2. Alison Weir, without confirming sources, asserts, “Ethelred, he became Lay Abbot of Dunkeld. He was also styled Earl of Fife, probably posthumously, and probably before 1107 (although the date is uncertain). He died before c. 1097, and was buried in Kilremont Church.” Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Vintage (1989), p. 183-184, https://a.co/0lVLbh9
3. Eigth children by age 23 needs further research, especially those with birth dates while Æthelred was still a child. Perkins-11750 01:17, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
4. His birth order is disputed, “Fifth son,” Cawley.^[3] “…son of King Máel Coluim III and his wife Margaret, the third oldest of the latter and the probable sixth oldest of the former…”, Wikipedia: Ethelred of Scotland
5. An alternative burial location is cited, He “was with his mother Margaret at Edinburgh Castle as she was dying. In all probability he died soon afterwards, and was buried at Dunfermline, in the same resting-place as his father and mother." ^[6]
6. Ethelred was often said to have held the office Mormaer (Earl) of Fife, but this is now disputed. The source of the confusion was the Gaelic notitia of a grant to the Céli Dé (Culdee) monks of Loch Leven, which was later translated into Latin and incorporated in the Register of the Priory of St Andrews...” (See source for more details). ^[10]
7. Edelrad [son of Malcolm III], apparently Earl of Fife, who fl. early 12th century and was also Abbot of Dunkeld; possibly the same person as Eth. Burke's Peerage, p. 2538, 1058.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, pps. 577-578.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 2.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Cawley, Charles. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands Database. 3.B.1.Malcom.7.
4. ↑ Oram, Richard. David I: The King Who Made Scotland. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK (2004, 2008), p. 25-6, citing, “…marriage of Maël Coluim and Margaret…their four eldest sons were named Edward, Edmund, Aedelred, and Edgar…and Alexander…and David…”
5. ↑ Skene, William Forbes. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban. Volume I. History and Ethnology. Paisley, PA: Grian Press (2014), loc. 5408, citing, “Ethelred was a churchman, abbot of Dunkeld, and possessed as a further appanage of the earldom of Fife, but seems to have made no pretension to the throne,” https://a.co/1sm92On
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Lockhart, William. Notices of Ethelred, Earl of Fife, and Abbot of Dunkeld and His Place in the Royal Family of Scotland in the Eleventh Century (1892). pps. 109, 104-113.
7. ↑ Lawrie, Archibald Campbell. History To 1603 Sources, Scotland -- Charters, grants, privileges, genealogy. Glasgow: J. MacLehose (1905), citing, “XIV. Notitia of a Grant by Ethelred, son of King Malcolm III. to the Keledei of Loch Leven. A.D. 1093-1107.” p. 11
8. ↑ Amanda Beam, John Bradley, Dauvit Broun, John Reuben Davies, Matthew Hammond, Neil Jakeman, Michele Pasin and Alice Taylor (with others), People of Medieval Scotland: 1093–1371 (Glasgow and London, 2019), Document 3/1/1 (St A. Lib., 115-16), PoMS
9. ↑ Duncan, A A M. Kingship of the Scots, A.D.842-1292: Succession and Independence. (Edinburgh Classic Editions). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2002) (Kindle), p. 91, https://a.co/aDW8wcS.
10. ↑ Dalrymple, David. History of Scotland from the Accession of Malcolm III Surnamed Canmore to the Accession of Robert I. (Edinburgh, 1776), pps. 42–43

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Ethelred of Scotland
• Skene, William F. The Highlanders of Scotland. Excursus and Notes, MacBain, Alexander (ed.) Stirling: Eneas MacKay (1902), citing, “Mac-Heth. Much nonsense has been written about Malcolm Mac-Heth...The name Heth...Head, Ed, Eth...is the...favourite name of Aed or Aodh, later, translated as Hugh. Mac-Heth is an old form of Mackay, the Galwegian Mackie! Earl Ed is... the Earl of Moray. He was married to King Lulach’s daughter, and was thus father of Angus, Earl of Moray, slain in 1130....Mac-Heth was not a family name; surnames had not yet started, or were only starting in Southern Scotland. Mac-Heth was used, like a surname, to denote the claim on the Earldom of Moray by the descendants of Aed.” chap. VI.
• Bannerman, John, "MacDuff of Fife," in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp.20-38
• Oram, Richard, David I: The King who made Scotland, (Gloucestershire, 2004)