Editing Malcolm II of Scotland (section)

=== Dynastic marriages of his daughters ===
Although the identity of Malcolm's wives and queens are unknown, he did have at least one and probably three daughters. Malcolm married his eldest daughter [[Bethóc]] to [[Crínán of Dunkeld]], head of what became the [[Earl of Atholl|house of Atholl]] or [[Dunkeld dynasty]] and later [[Bishop of Dunkeld|Abbot of Dunkeld]]. Malcolm may have had another daughter, possibly named Donada, who married [[Findláech of Moray|Finlay, ruler of Moray]], father of [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]], later King of Scotland.{{sfn|Broun|2004}} Later Scandinavian saga tradition claims that the mother of Earl [[Thorfinn the Mighty]] was a daughter of Malcolm, though the Malcolm in question may have been [[Máel Coluim of Moray]].

[[File:Macbeth consulting the Vision of the Armed Head.jpg|thumb|upright|''Macbeth consulting the Vision of the Armed Head'' by [[Henry Fuseli|Johann Heinrich Füssli]]]]

==== Sources of the Macbeth connection ====
Fourteenth century Scottish [[chronicler]] and poet [[Andrew of Wyntoun]] suggests that "a third daughter" of Malcolm married [[Findláech of Moray]], (Findláech mac Ruaidrí), father of [[Macbeth, King of Scotland]], (Macbethad mac Findláech), which would make Malcolm to be Macbeth's grandfather.<ref>Hudson, pp. 224–225 discusses the question and the reliability of [[Andrew of Wyntoun]]'s chronicle, on which this rests.</ref>

The only other early reference to Malcolm as Macbeth's grandfather is [[Raphael Holinshed]]'s 1577 [[Holinshed's Chronicles|Chronicle of Scotland]], an inspiration to [[William Shakespeare]], which names "Doada" as a daughter of Malcolm II King of Scotland, and adds that she married "Sinell the thane of Glammis, by whom she had issue one Makbeth".{{sfn|French|1898}}

Seventeenth century historian Frederic Van Bossen only lists two daughters, one whom he calls "Beatrice, who married Albanacht the son of Crinan", and the other as "Daboada, who was the mother of Macbeth, and the wife of Finell, the [[Earl of Angus|Thane of Angus and Glames]] and the son of Cruthneth".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Derek |title=The Lost Queens of Scotland: Extracts from Frederic van Bossen's The Royal Cedar |date=2022 |page=99}}</ref>