Duncan I, King Scotland

Abt 1006 - 1040  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Duncan I, King Scotland
  Born	Abt 1006	Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8XJK-C3
  Died	8 Aug 1040	Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
  Buried	Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
  Person ID	I26522	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Crinan De Mormaer, [Abbot],   b. Abt 974, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1044, , Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Bethoc (Beatrix) Princess Scotland,   b. Abt 983, Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Married	Abt 1009	Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F9820	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sibyl Fitzsiward, [Queen],   b. Abt 1013, Of, Northumberland, England ,   d. 1039  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Married	1029	, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Malcolm III, King Scotland,   b. Abt 1032, Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 7 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England  (Age ~ 61 years)   2. Donald "Bane" III, Scotland,   b. Abt 1032/1033, Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1096, , Rescobie, Angusshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 64 years)   3. Melmare (Melkofr), Earl Atholl, [Prince],   b. Abt 1037, Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F9815	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 1029 - , Scotland  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Macbeth siezed the throne of Scotland in 1040 after defeating and killing Duncan I near elgin. He based his claim to the crown on his wife's royal descent (Duncan's former wife Sybal). Malcolm III, son of Duncan I, and Earl Siward of Northumberland defeated Macbeth at Dunsinane in 1054, but they did not dethrone him. Three years later, Malcolm III killed Macbeth at Lumphanan. Macbeth's stepson Lulach reigned for a few months, and then Malcolm III succeeded him as king. William Shakespeare based his play, Macbeth, one of his greatest tragedies, upon a distorted version of these events which he found in Raphael Holinshed's "Chronicle of Scottish History." The only kernel of historical truth in the play is Duncan's death at the hand of Macbeth. From this fact, Shakespeare drew his portrait of ambition leading to a violent and tragic end. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p M4. "Ancestrial Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650", 1969, Frederick Lewis Weis, p 111.