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| Name |
Donnchad mac Crinain |
| Suffix |
Duncan I King of Scotland |
| Birth |
Abt 1007 |
Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
14 Aug 1040 |
Pitgaveny, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
1 Jun 1933 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
K8D7-F5D |
| Burial |
Isle of Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I13462 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Crínán "the Thane", Abbot of Dunkeld, b. Abt 975, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1045, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Bethóc Máel Coluim, b. Abt 984, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1045 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
1000 |
| Family ID |
F6604 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Suthen, b. Abt 1014, Northumberland, England d. 1040, Isle of Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland (Age 26 years) |
| Marriage |
1030 |
Scotland |
| Children |
| + | 1. Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, Malcolm III, King of Scots, b. 26 Mar 1031, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years) |
| + | 2. Domnall "Donald the Fair" mac Donnchada, Donald III King of Scotland, b. Abt 1033, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1099, Rescobie, Angus, Scotland (Age 66 years) |
| | 3. Earl Mael Muire, Earl of Atholl, b. Abt 1038, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. Abt 1128 (Age 90 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6896 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Reign: 1034-1040
He was the first general ruler of Scotland, and Marmoar of Moray. He w a s slain by MacBeth.
Donnchad mac Crinain (Modern Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Crìonain;[2] anglicis e d as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick "; [3] ca. 1001 – 14 August 1040)[1] was king of Scotland (Alba) from 103 4 t o 1040. He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespear e' s play Macbeth.
He was son of Crínán, hereditary lay abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethoc, daugh t er of king Malcolm II of Scotland (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda).
Unlike the "King Duncan" of Shakespeare's Macbeth, the historical Dunc a n appears to have been a young man. He followed his grandfather Malcol m a s king after the latter's death on 25 November 1034, without apparen t opp osition. He may have been Malcolm's acknowledged successor or tánai se a s the succession appears to have been uneventful.[4] Earlier histori es, f ollowing John of Fordun, supposed that Duncan had been king of Stra thclyd e in his grandfather's lifetime, between 1018 and 1034, ruling th e forme r Kingdom of Strathclyde as an appanage. Modern historians discou nt thi s idea.[5]
An earlier source, a variant of the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba (CK-I ) , gives Duncan's wife the Gaelic name Suthen.[6] Whatever his wife's na m e may have been, Duncan had at least two sons. The eldest, Malcolm II I (M áel Coluim mac Donnchada) was king from 1058 to 1093, the second Don ald I II (Domnall Bán, or "Donalbane") was king afterwards. Máel Muire, E arl o f Atholl is a possible third son of Duncan, although this is uncert ain.[7 ]
The early period of Duncan's reign was apparently uneventful, perhap s a c onsequence of his youth. Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findláich) is reco rded a s having been his dux, today rendered as "duke" and meaning nothin g mor e than the rank between prince and marquess, but then still havin g the Ro man meaning of "war leader". In context — "dukes of Francia" ha d half a c entury before replaced the Carolingian kings of the Franks an d in Englan d the over-mighty Godwin of Wessex was called a dux — this su ggests tha t Macbeth may have been the power behind the throne.[8]
In 1039, Duncan led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but th e e xpedition ended in disaster. Duncan survived, but the following yea r he l ed an army north into Moray, Macbeth's domain, apparently on a pun itive e xpedition against Moray.[9] There he was killed in action, at Bot hganowan , now Pitgaveny, near Elgin, by the men of Moray led by Macbeth , probabl y on 14 August 1040.[10] He is thought to have been buried at E lgin[11] b efore later relocated to the Isle of Iona.
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