Bethóc [SEP] father
Bethóc
Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda was the elder daughter of Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, and the mother of his successor, Duncan I. 
Biography.
Bethóc was the eldest daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland, who had no known surviving sons. She married Crínán, Abbot of Dunkeld. Their older son, Donnchad I, ascended to the throne of Scotland around 1034. Malcolm's youngest daughter married Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney. Early writers have asserted that Máel Coluim also designated Donnchad as
As Máel Coluim had no surviving son, the strongest hereditary claim to the Scottish throne descended through Bethóc. Crínán and Bethóc's eldest son, Donnchad (Duncan I), who reigned from 1034 to 1040. 
It is likely that Crínán had a second son Maldred, father of Gospatric of Northumbria.
Abbot of Dunkeld.
The monastery of Saint Columba was founded on the north bank of the River Tay in the 6th century or early 7th century following the expedition of Columba into the land of the Picts. It