OSSORY Unknown

Bef 0962 - Aft 0984  (> 24 years)

• Name	OSSORY Unknown
  Birth	Bef 0962	Ossory, Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 0984	Scotland
  Notes	Very little is known of this person. Historical records do not identify the wife of King Malcolm II of Scotland. There is some evidence to suggest she was from Ossory, Ireland.[1] As she married a king it is likely she is a highborn lady from the Kingdom of Ossary (Osriage) but even this is not certain. Some genealogists have put forth Sigurd I Magnusson (c. 1090 – 26 March 1130) as her father. Sigurd's wife, Blathmin O'Brien, also called Blathmin Ní Briain, Blathmin Ua Briain, being an Irish princess. This latter claim does not make sense as Malcolm was dead by 1034, long before Sigurd was born. The seventeenth century historian Frederic van Bossen (citing Tulloch) claims that Malcolm's wife and the mother of his children was Gunnora, a daughter of the second duke of Normandy.[2] Others suggest that Malcolm's wife was a daughter of Brian Boru (c. 941 – 23 April 1014), a famous King of Ireland. While this is at least possible, no one has as yet put forth any proof of this. Possibly named Aelgifu. Sources ↑ Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989). p. 178. Weir gives no sources to support this claim. ↑ Cunningham, Derek. The Lost Queens of Scotland: Extracts from Frederic van Bossen's "The Royal Cedar." Kindle edition (2021), p. 99.
  Person ID	I59225	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	MACALPIN Mael Coluim,   b. 0954, Scotland d. Abt 25 Nov 1034, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	0980
  Children	1. MACALPIN Bethóc,   b. 0973, Perthshire, Scotland d. 15 Sep 1049, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026