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Name King of Scotland, *Duncan I, 28G Grandfather
Birth abt 1007, of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Death 14 Aug 1040, Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
Burial Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES. King of Scotland
Father *Crinan the Thane of Scotland (~0975-1045)
Mother Princess of Scotland, *Beatrice (Bethoc)
Spouses:
1 *Maud of Northumberlan, 28G Grandmother
Father *Siward Earl of Northumberlan
Children: *Malcolm III Caennmor (~1033-1093)
Donald III "Bane" (Fair) (1033-~1100)
Notes for King of Scotland, *Duncan I
229Duncan I (1034-40)
Duncan was the son of Malcolm II's eldest daughter Bethoc and her husband Crinan, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld. He was about 33 when he succeeded his grandfather. Married to a cousin of Siward, Earl of Northumberland he may have favoured southern ways and this is perhaps why he became unpopular with his subjects. In 1039 he did march south to besiege Durham but he was beaten off, with heavy losses. Duncan attempted to impose his overlordship over Moray (an independent dynasty) by military force. He was then twice defeated by the Earl of Orkney's son, Thorfinn, before being killed in battle by Macbeth, one of his commanders, near Elgin, Morayshire on 14 August 1040.
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219 When Malcolm II was murdered by his nobles at Glamis, Duncan killed his opponents and seized the throne as King Duncan I. His first cousins, MacBeth (of Shakespearian fame) and Thorfinn the Raven Feeder, Norwegian Earl of Orkney, united to advance MacBeth's claim to the throne through his mother, another daughter of Malcolm II. Duncan reigned from 1034 until he was defeated in battle by their combined armies and killed by MacBeth in August 14, 1040 near Elgin. Unlike Shakespere's play, truth is that MacBeth killed Duncan in battle and NOT as he came to visit as an old man.
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