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Gruoch of Scotland

Queen and wife of Mac Bethad mac Findlaích · Born 1005

Gruoch ingen Boite was a Scottish queen, the daughter of Boite mac Cináeda, son of Cináed II. The dates of her life are uncertain. She is most famous for being the wife and queen of MacBethad mac Findlaích (Macbeth), as well as the basis for Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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However, Shakespeare's Macbeth is based on Holinshed's Chronicles and is not historically accurate.

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Born 1005