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Persoonlijke gegevens Duncan I Dunkeld 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1001.Bron 1
• Hij is overleden op 20 augustus 1040 in Pitgaveny, hij was toen 39 jaar oud.Bron 1

Gezin van Duncan I Dunkeld

Hij is getrouwd met Sybille van Northumberland.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1030, hij was toen 29 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Malcolm Koning Caennmor van Schotland  1031-1093 

Notities over Duncan I Dunkeld

King Duncan I of Scotland or Ddonnchad mac Crinian was born on 5th August, 1001, the son of Bethoc, the daughter of Malcolm II MacAlpin and Crinan, lay Abbot of Dunkeld. He allied himself in marriage to Aelflaed of Northumbria, cousin of Siward Digera, Earl of Northumbria. There were many rival claimants to contest his claim to the Scottish throne, one of which one was murdered and the other died shortly after, a third, Lulach, being only an infant at the time , was not considered to be an immediate threat to the new regime.

The reign of Duncan 'the Gracious' was destined to be a troubled and tumultuous one. The Earl of Bernica invaded Cumbria in 1038. Duncan proceeded south with a large army and laid siege to Durham, but met with disastrous defeat.

A further threat to his rule was posed by Macbeth, Mormaer (Earl) of Moray, Malcolm's grandson by his other daughter, Donada. Shakespeare was later to immortalize both him and Duncan in his play of the same name. He was married to Gruoch, the widowed mother of Lulach.

Macbeth did not, as reported by Shakespeare, murder the innocent Duncan in his sleep, but during or after a battle in contest for the throne at Bothganowan, near Elgin, on 15th August, 1040.

DUNCAN I, pronounced DUHNG kuhn (?-1040), succeeded his grandfather Malcolm II as king of Scotland in 1034. He made several unsuccessful attempts to expand his kingdom. He also failed to rule all Scotland. Macbeth of Moray, one of Duncan's generals, had a claim to the Scottish throne by right of his wife's royal ancestry. He killed Duncan in a battle near Elgin.

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