Lulach

Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (c. 1032–1058), son of Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and Gruoch, was the stepson of Macbeth. After Macbeth fell at Lumphanan in 1057, his supporters placed him on the throne; he was inaugurated at Scone, the first Scottish king whose coronation details are recorded.

He ruled barely seven months, earning the nicknames the Unfortunate and the Simple, before Malcolm III killed him in 1058 and seized the crown. He was buried on Iona, and his son Máel Snechtai became Mormaer of Moray.