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Cináed mac Duib (
Modern Gaelic:
Coinneach mac Dhuibh)
anglicised as
Kenneth III, and nicknamed
An Donn, "the Chief" or "the Brown", (before 967–
25 March 1005) was
King of Scots from 997 to 1005. He was the son of
Dub (Dub mac Maíl Coluim). Many of the Scots sources refer to him as Giric son of Kenneth son of Dub, which is taken to be an error.
The only event reported in Kenneth's reign is the killing of Dúngal mac Cináeda by Gille Coemgáin mac Cináeda, by the
Annals of the Four Masters s.a. 999. It isn't certain that this refers to events in Scotland, and whether one or both were sons of this Kenneth, or of
Kenneth II of Scotland, or some other person or persons, isn't known. Kenneth was killed in battle at
Monzievaird in
Strathearn by
Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) in 1005.
Whether
Boite mac Cináeda was a son of this Kenneth, or of Kenneth II, is uncertain, although most propose this Kenneth. A son, or grandson of Boite, was reported to be killed by Malcolm II in 1032 in the Annals of Ulster.
Kenneth's granddaughter,
Gruoch daughter of Boite (Gruoch ingen Boite meic Cináeda) —
Shakespeare's
Lady Macbeth — was wife firstly of
Gille Coemgáin,
Mormaer of Moray, and secondly of King
Macbeth; her son by Gille Coemgáin,
Lulach (Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin), would briefly succeed Macbeth as King of Scotland. The
meic Uilleim, descendants of
William fitz Duncan by his first marriage, were probably descended from Kenneth.
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