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• He was born in the year 1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.Source 2
• (Ruled ) in 1034-1040.
• He died on August 14, 1040 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (killed by Macbeth), he was 39 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4
• A child of Crinan the Thane Lay Abbot of Dunkeld and Bethoc (Beatrix) Princess of Scotland
• This information was last updated on February 6, 2023.

Household of Duncan I MacCrinan King of Scotland [Wikibio] SSS

He is married to Sibyl (Suthen) Biorndsdottir.

They got married about 1030.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Malcolm III Canmore King of Scotland  1031-1093 
2. Donald III Bane King of Scotland  ± 1033-> 1097
3. Duncan Mormaer of Moray  ± 1035-????
4. Melmare (Mael Muire) Mormaer of Atholl  ± 1038-???? 
5. Beatrix of Scotland  ± 1040-???? 

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Duncan I (d. Aug. 1, 1040, near Elgin, Moray, Scot.), king of the Scotsfrom 1034 to 1040. Duncan was the grandson of King Malcolm II (ruled1005-34), who irregularly made him ruler of Strathclyde when that regionwas absorbed into the Scottish kingdom (probably shortly before 1034).Malcolm violated the established system of succession whereby thekingship alternated between two branches of the royal family. UponMalcolm's death, Duncan succeeded peacefully, but he soon faced therivalry of Macbeth, Mormaor (subking) of Moray, who probably had a betterclaim to the throne. Duncan besieged Durham unsuccessfully in 1039 and inthe following year was murdered by Macbeth. Duncan's elder son laterkilled Macbeth and ruled as King Malcolm III Canmore (1058-93).

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The following information was given in a post-em by Curt Hofemann,(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX):

FWIW:

1034-1040: King of Scots [Ref: Tapsell p180, Weis AR7 170:20]
King of Scots [Ref: Moncreiffe p20]
1018-1034: King of Strathclyde [Ref: Paget p153]
1034: King of Scots [Ref: Paget p153]
1034: Duncan, the son of Crinan, abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethoc, daughterof Malcolm, the son of Kenneth, reigned six years [Ref: Weis AR 170:20]

1038 or 1039: Ealdred, Earl of Northumbria, invaded Strathclyde, perhapsin an attempt to wrest it from the Scots. Duncan responded in 1040 withan attack on Durham. Like his grandfather's attack in 1006, it ended indisaster, with Scottish forces fleeing, and Scottish heads decorating theDurham marketplace. This defeat seems to hae weakened his authority soseverely that Macbeth of the Cenel Loairn was able to defeat and kill himin battle near Elgin [Ref: Davidson 1995]

Donnchad mac Crínáin (Duncan I), king of Scotland (Alba), 1034-1040.Duncan I succeeded his maternal grandfather Malcolm II as king in 1034,and was made famous in literature as the victim of Shakespeare's Macbeth,based on the historical king Mac Bethad mac Findláech, who killed Duncanin battle in 1040. [Ref: Henry Project]

Duncan I (c. 1010-1040). King of Scots (1034-40), succeeding hisgrandfather Malcolm II. At his accession Duncan was already king ofStratyclyde, which thus became united to Scotia. In 1040 Duncanunsuccessfully besieged Durham and was twice defeated by Thorfinn, earlof Orkney, before being killed by Macbeth. [Ref: Dict of Brit History]

Duncan, who was not a good old king but a headstrong young one, succeededin 1034, but, having prejudiced his position by a failure against Durham(1039) was killed by his rival in 1040. [A History of Scotland by J.D.Mackie]

Malcolm II's grandson Duncan became King of Strathclyde, as one of a lineof Scottish sub-Kings of the small neighboring kingdom. When Malcolmdied in 1034, Duncan succeeded him, and thus the kingdoms of Scotia,Lothian and Strathclyde were at last united.

…Duncan was quite young, probably about thirty-three, when hesucceeded his grandfather. At the time of his death in 1040 his twosons, Malcolm and Donald Ban (or Donaldbain), were small children.

Macbeth, who was slightly younger than his cousing the King, had,according to the rule of tanistry (any mature male of the royal kindredwas eligible for the kingship if he were rigdomnae - 'the stuff ofkings'), an equally good claim to the throne by right of birth, thoughDuncan had apparently succeeded as their grandfather's chosen heir. In1040 Macbeth asserted his claim by force of arms, slew Duncan in battleand made himself king. [The Kings and Queens of Scotland]

Marriage to Sibyla, a relative of Earl Siward of Northumbria, providedDuncan's son Malcolm a valuable ally in his efforts to wrest the Scottishkingship from Macbeth [Ref: Davidson 1995]

Duncan, son of Bethoc or Beatrice, daughter of Malcolm II, succeeded hisgrandfather in the year 1033. "In the extreme north, dominions moreextensive than any Jarl of the Orkneys had hitherto acquired, were unitedunder the rule of Thorfinn, Sigurd's son, whose character and appearancehave been thus described: - 'He was stout and strong, but very ugly,severe and cruel, but a very clever man'. The extensive districts thendependant upon the Moray Maormors were in possession of the celebratedMacbeth". Duncan, in 1033, desiring to extend his dominions southwards,attacked Durham, but was forced to retire with considerable loss. Hisprincipal struggles, however, were with his powerful kinsman, Thorfinn,whose success was so great that he extended his conquests as far as theTay. "His men spread over the whole conquered country", says theOrkneyinga Saga, "and burnt every hamlet and farm, so that not a cotremained. Every man that they found they slew; but the old men and womenfled to the deserts and woods, and filled the country with lamentation.Some were driven before the Norwegians and made slaves. After the EarlThorfinn returned to his ships, subjugating the country everywhere in hisprogress". Duncan's last battle, in which he was defeated, was in theneighbourhood of Burghead, near the Moray Firth; and shortly after this,on the 14th August, 1040, he was assassinated in Bothgowanan, - which inGaelic, is said to mean "the smith's hut", - by his kinsman the MaormorMacbeda or Macbeth. Duncan had reigned only five years when he wasassassinated by Macbeth, leaving two infant sons, Malcolm and Donal, by asister of Siward, the Earl of Northumberland. The former fled toCumberland, and the latter took refuge in the Hebrides, on the death oftheir father. [Ref: 110 Electric Scotland]

Electric Scotand can be found at (URL may have changed):
http://www.electricscotland.com/index.htmhttp://www.electricscotland.com/index.htm

Jim, should you require further definition of my refs, let me know & Iwill oblige.

Regards,
Curt

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