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) |
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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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