Macbeth, King of Scotland

Mac Bethad mac Findláich, known as Macbeth (c. 1005–1057), son of Findláech of Moray, became Mormaer of Moray in 1032 and married Gruoch. After Duncan I invaded Moray in 1040 and fell to his men, Macbeth took the throne of Alba.

His seventeen-year reign was largely peaceful: in 1050 he made a pilgrimage to Rome, scattering alms to the poor. In 1054 Siward of Northumbria invaded and fought a bloody battle at Dunsinane, and in 1057 Macbeth was killed at Lumphanan by men loyal to Malcolm III and buried on Iona.