History of king duncan of scotland

  • History of king duncan of scotland

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    Duncan I of Scotland

    King of Alba from 1034 to 1040

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  • Describe the historical macbeth.

    • For the later Scottish nobleman, see Donnchad I, Earl of Fife.

    Donnchad mac Crinain (Scottish Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Crìonain;[1]anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick";[2]c. 1001 – 14 August 1040)[3] was king of Scotland (Alba) from 1034 to 1040.

    He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.

    Life

    The ancestry of King Duncan is not certain. In modern texts, he is the son of Crínán, hereditary lay abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethóc, daughter of King Malcolm II.

    However, in the late 17th century the historian Frederic Van Bossen, after collecting historical accounts throughout Europe, identified King Duncan as the first son of Abonarhl ap crinan (the grandson of Crinan) and princess Beatrice, the eldest daughter to King Malcom II, and Gunnor who was the daughter of the "2nd Duke of N