Crinan "the Thane" Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Governor of Scots Islands ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Crinan were Albanach Governor of the Scots Islands, Crínáin of Dunkeld, Grimus Governor of the Scots Islands and Crinan de Mormaer.

  Research Notes:

Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, line 170-19 (Bethoc), quotes "1045. A battle between the Scots themselves, where fell Crinan abot of Duncaillen."

From Wikipedia - Crínán of Dunkeld:
Crínán of Dunkeld (died 1045) was the lay abbot of the diocese of Dunkeld , and perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl . Crínán was progenitor of the House of Dunkeld , the dynasty who would rule Scotland until the later 13th century.

Crinán was married to Bethoc , daughter of King Malcolm II of Scotland (reigned 1005-1034). As Malcolm II had no son, the strongest hereditary claim to the Scottish throne descended through Bethóc, and Crinán's eldest son Donnchad I (reigned 1034-1040), became King of Scots. Some sources indicate that Malcolm II designated Duncan as his successor under the rules of tanistry because there were other possible claimants to the throne.

Crinán's second son, Maldred of Allerdale, held the title of Lord of Cumbria. It is said that from him, the Earls of Dunbar , for example Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar , descend in unbroken male line.

Crinán was killed in battle in 1045 at Dunkeld.

  Death Notes:

Killed in battle

Crinan married Bethóc, daughter of Malcolm II King of Scots and Unknown, about 1000. (Bethóc was born about 984 in <Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland>.)