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Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (
Modern Gaelic:
Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain, known in English simply as
Lulach, and nicknamed
Tairbith, "the Unfortunate" and
Fatuus, "the Simple-minded" or "the Foolish" (died
17 March 1058), was
King of Scots between
15 August,
1057 and
17 March 1058.
He appears to have been a weak king, as his nicknames suggest. He does, however, have the distinction of being the first king of
Scotland of whom there are coronation details available. He was crowned in August 1057 at
Scone.
Lulach was the son of
Gruoch of Scotland, from her first marriage to
Gille Coemgáin,
Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of
Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích). Following the death in battle of Macbeth in 1057, the king's followers placed Lulach in the throne. Lulach ruled only for a few months before being assassinated and succeeded by
Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada).
Lulach's son
Máel Snechtai was
Mormaer of Moray, while
Óengus of Moray was the son of Lulach's daughter.
He is believed to be buried on Saint Columba's Holy Island of
Iona in or around the monastery. The exact position of his grave is unknown.
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