King of Scotland, Duncan I the Gracious

Birth Name King of Scotland, Duncan I the Gracious 1 2 3a 4a 5 6a 7a 8a 8b 9a 10a 11a
Gramps ID I28645
Gender male
Age at Death 33 years, 7 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E37188] 1007 of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland  
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Death [E37189] 1040-08-14 Iona, nearMoray, Scotland or Iona, near Elgin, Scotland  

Cause: Killed by MacBeth, his successor.

12 5b 6c 7b 8e 8f 9c 10c
_FA1 [E37190]   Acceded: 1034. Reigned 1034-1040.  
2 3 7c 8g 8h 9d 10d
_FA2 [E37191]   King of Strathclyde.  
5 6d 8i 8j 9e 10e
_FA3 [E37192]   Besieged Durham, 1035.  
7d 8k 8l 9f 10f

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Mormaer, Crinan (Grimus) the Thane [I28646]9781045
Mother Mac Kenneth, Bethoc [I18921]9841043
    Brother     Lord Allerdale & Carlisle, Maldred of Scotland [I28560] 1009 1045
         King of Scotland, Duncan I the Gracious [I28645] 1007 1040-08-14

Families

    Family of King of Scotland, Duncan I the Gracious and of Northumbria, Aelflaed (Sybil) [F11040]
Married Wife of Northumbria, Aelflaed (Sybil) [I28559] ( * 1009 + 1040 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58269] about 1030    
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Marriage [E58270] 1030 Scotland  
11b
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
King of Scotland, Malcolm III Caennmor [I28639]10311093-11-13
King of Scotland, Donald III Bane of Scotland [I30934]BET. 1033 - 10341099

Narrative

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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.

Source: '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.

Acceded 1034-1040.

Pedigree

  1. de Mormaer, Crinan (Grimus) the Thane [I28646]
    1. Mac Kenneth, Bethoc [I18921]
      1. Lord Allerdale & Carlisle, Maldred of Scotland [I28560]
      2. King of Scotland, Duncan I the Gracious
        1. of Northumbria, Aelflaed (Sybil) [I28559]
          1. King of Scotland, Malcolm III Caennmor [I28639]
          2. King of Scotland, Donald III Bane of Scotland [I30934]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Douglas McMartin: Ancestors of Henry II (Plantagenet) King of England [S286865]
  2. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S283806]
  3. Denis R. Reid: Royal Genealogies DB [S284656]
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        Duncan I K of Scotland

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        no date

  4. Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S287874]
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        Duncan I

  5. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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        b abt 1001 in Scotland

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        d at Bothnagowan, Elgin, Moray, Scotland

  6. Gerald Paget: Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales [S288773]
      • Page: Vol I p 56
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        d at Bothnagowan, Elgin, Moray, Scotland

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  7. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S286879]
      • Page: line 34 pp 37-38, line 170 p 147
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        murdered by MacBeth near Elgin on given date

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        m of Duncan & an unnamed daughter of Siward, no date

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        soc.genealogy.medieval (John Cantwell marccant@@erols.com) quoting "Hubert de Burgh A Study in Constancy" by Clarence Ellis, pub. 1952

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