Lulach

Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (Modern Gaelic: Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain,Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin is the Mediaeval Gaelic form. known in English simply as Lulach, and nicknamed Tairbith, "the Unfortunate"Skene, Chronicles, p. 102. and Fatuus, "the Simple-minded" or "the Foolish";Anderson, Early Sources, vol. i, p. 603. before 1033 – 17 March 1058) was the King of Scots between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.
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 of Macbeth at the Battle of Lumphanan on 15 August 1057, the king's followers placed Lulach on the throne. He has the distinction of being the first king of Scotland of whom there are coronation details available: he was crowned, probably on 8 September 1057 at Scone. Lulach appears to have been a weak king, as his nicknames suggest, and ruled only for a few months before being assassinated and usurped by Malcolm III.
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.
==Depictions in fiction==
Lulach is an important secondary character in Dorothy Dunnett's historical novel King Hereafter, where he is portrayed as a seer. In the novel, Dunnett used Lulach as a mouthpiece for researched information about the real Macbeth.
Lulach is also one of the protagonists in Jackie French's children's novel Macbeth and Son and in Susan Fraser King's novel Lady MacBeth.
==References==
Category:1050s deaths
Category:11th-century Scottish monarchs
Category:Monarchs of Scotland
Category:House of Dunkeld
Category:House of Moray
Category:Gaelic monarchs in Scotland
Category:Scottish royalty
Category:Assassinated heads of state
Category:Burials in Iona
Category:Murdered monarchs
Category:11th-century mormaers