A engraving depicting of Gruoch seeking help from Macbeth, created c. the 19th century.
Queen consort of Alba
Tenure
14 August 1040 – 15 August 1057
Born
c. 1015
Died
unknown
Spouse
Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray Macbeth, King of Scotland
Issue
Lulach, King of Scotland
House
Alpin
Father
Boite mac Cináeda
Gruoch ingen Boite (fl. c. 1015 – unknown) was a Scottish queen, the daughter of Boite mac Cináeda, son of Cináed II.[1] The dates of her life are uncertain. She is most famous for being the wife and queen of MacBethad mac Findlaích (Macbeth), as well as through the character of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth. However, Shakespeare's Macbeth is based on Holinshed's Chronicles (published in 1577) and is not historically accurate.
^It is not entirely certain that the Cináed father of Boite was Cináed mac Duib rather than Kenneth II. Both possibilities are admitted by Duncan, p. 345, table A, although most sources, e.g. Woolf, favour Cináed mac Duib.
Gruoch ingen Boite (fl. c. 1015 – unknown) was a Scottish queen, the daughter of Boite mac Cináeda, son of Cináed II. The dates of her life are uncertain...
(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...
list of consorts of Scotland prior to the accession of Macbeth, whose wife Gruoch is well-documented. Although a few details of earlier queens consort are...
Gloria Carreño describes events from the murder of "Lord Gillecomgain", Gruoch Macduff's first husband, to the fateful letter in the first act of Shakespeare's...
was killed by Mael Coluim son of Cinaed." Kenneth's granddaughter, Gruoch (Gruoch ingen Boite meic Cináeda) – William Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth – was...
(Mac Bethad mac Findláich) 1040–1057 Rí Deircc "the Red King" Rí Alban Gruoch of Scotland no children Son of Mormaer Findláech Grandson of Malcolm II...
Coyote Roger Rees – Prince Malcolm John Rhys-Davies – Macbeth Emma Samms – Gruoch-Lady Macbeth Laura San Giacomo – Fox (Laura San Giacomo is the only cast...
Wessex Edward the Confessor c. 1003–1066 King of the English r. 1042–1066 Gruoch of Scotland fl. 1020–1054 Macbeth 1005–1057 King of Alba r. 1040–1057 Duncan...
Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Guildford Dudley Gruoch Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Margaret of Wessex Ethelreda of Northumbria Sybilla...
Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Guildford Dudley Gruoch Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Margaret of Wessex Ethelreda of Northumbria Sybilla...
throws him off a balcony to his death. Gruoch (voiced by Emma Samms) is Macbeth's beloved in ancient Scotland, Gruoch is pressured into marriage to Gillecomgain...
Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Guildford Dudley Gruoch Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Margaret of Wessex Ethelreda of Northumbria Sybilla...
Malcolm was followed as king or earl by his brother Gillecomgan, husband of Gruoch, a granddaughter of King Kenneth III. It has been supposed that Mac Bethad...
claims descent from the original royal Scoto-Pictish line of which Queen Gruoch of Scotland, wife of Macbeth, King of Scotland, was the senior representative...
Machbet filius Finlach et Gruoch filia Bodhe, rex et regina Scottorum (Lawrie, V.) English: 'Macbeth son of Findláech and Gruoch daughter of Bodhe, King...
Stout Earl of Orkney c. 960–1014 Gille Coemgáin Mormaer of Moray d. 1032 Gruoch of Scotland fl. 1020–1054 Macbeth King of Alba 1005–1057 r. 1040–1057 Duncan...
(Mac Bethad mac Findláich) 1040–1057 Rí Alban Rí Deircc "the Red King" Gruoch of Scotland no children Son of Mormaer Findláech Lulach (Lughlagh mac Gille...
Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Guildford Dudley Gruoch Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Margaret of Wessex Ethelreda of Northumbria Sybilla...
Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Guildford Dudley Gruoch Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Margaret of Wessex Ethelreda of Northumbria Sybilla...
his other cousin, Macbeth; and the person closest to his throne, Queen Gruoch, Macbeth's wife. By 1040, however, Duncan had been defeated in battle and...
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