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Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (Modern Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
: 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
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 of whom there are coronation details available.






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Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (Modern Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
: 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
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 of whom there are coronation details available. He was crowned in August 1057 at Scone
Scone, Scotland

Scone is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The Middle Ages village of Scone, which grew up around the Scone Abbey, was abandoned in the early 19th century when a Scone Palace was built on the site by the Earl of Mansfield....
.

Lulach was the son of Gruoch of Scotland
Gruoch of Scotland

Gruoch ingen Boite was the daughter of Bodhe son of Kenneth III of Scotland. The dates of her life are not certainly known.Before 1032 Gruoch was married to Gille Coemg?in of Moray, Mormaer of Moray, with whom she had at least one son, Lulach of Scotland, later King of Scots....
, from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin
Gille Coemgáin of Moray

Gilla Coemg?in or Gille Coemg?in of Moray was the King or Mormaer of Moray, a semi-autonomous kingdom centred around Inverness that stretched across the north of Scotland....
, Mormaer of Moray
Mormaer of Moray

The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130. It did not have the same territory as the modern local government council area of Moray, which is a much smaller area, around Elgin, Moray....
, and thus the stepson of Macbeth
Macbeth of Scotland

Mac Bethad mac Findla?ch , anglicised as Macbeth, and nicknamed R? Deircc, "the Red King" , was King of the Scots from 1040 until his death....
 (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
Malcolm III of Scotland

M?el Coluim mac Donnchada , called in most Anglicisation regnal lists Malcolm III, and in later centuries nicknamed Canmore, "Big Head" or Long-neck , was King of Scots....
 (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada).

Lulach's son Máel Snechtai
Máel Snechtai of Moray

M?el Snechtai of Moray, or M?el Snechtai mac Lulaich, was the ruler of Moray, and, as his name suggests, the son of Lulach of Scotland, King of Scotland....
 was Mormaer of Moray
Mormaer of Moray

The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130. It did not have the same territory as the modern local government council area of Moray, which is a much smaller area, around Elgin, Moray....
, while Óengus of Moray
Óengus of Moray

?engus of Moray was the last Mormaer of Moray of the native line, ruling Moray in what is now northeastern Scotland from some unknown date until his death in 1130....
 was the son of Lulach's daughter.

He is believed to be buried on Saint Columba's Holy Island of Iona
Iona

Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland that has an important place in the history of Christianity in Scotland and is renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty....
 in or around the monastery. The exact position of his grave is unknown.

A fictional version of Lulach appeared in the animated television series Gargoyles
Gargoyles (TV series)

Gargoyles is an United States animated television series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997....
 under the name Luach [sic].