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Duncan II, King of the Scots

Male 1060 - 1094  (34 years)


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  1. 1.  Duncan II, King of the Scots was born in 1060 (son of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Ingibjörg Finnsdatter); died on 12 Nov 1094.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 1093 to 1094; King of the Scots

    Notes:

    Name:

    Family/Spouse: Athelreda of Dunbar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    They were cousins.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots was born in 1031 in Scotland (son of Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots and Suthen); died on 13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 1058 to 1093; King of the Scots
    • Crowned: 17 Mar 1058, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    Name:


    Crowned:
    He was crowned the King of the Scots.

    Died:
    He was killed in battle while besieging Alnwick Castle.

    Malcolm married Ingibjörg Finnsdatter in 1059. Ingibjörg (daughter of Finn Arnasson, Jarl of Halland and Berglioth of Norway) was born in 1021 in Østerå, Norway; died in 1070 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ingibjörg Finnsdatter was born in 1021 in Østerå, Norway (daughter of Finn Arnasson, Jarl of Halland and Berglioth of Norway); died in 1070 in Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 1. Duncan II, King of the Scots was born in 1060; died on 12 Nov 1094.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots was born in 1007 in Scotland (son of Thane Crinan Mormær of Atholl and Bethoc of Scotland); died on 14 Aug 1040 in near Elgin, Moray, Scotland; was buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
    • Reign: From 1034 to 1040; King of the Scots
    • Military: 1035, County Durham, England; In 1035 Duncan led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but the expedition ended in disaster. Duncan survived.
    • Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

    Notes:

    Name:




    Died:
    He led an army north into Moray, Macbeth's domain, apparently on a punitive expedition against Moray. There he was killed in action, at Bothnagowan, now Pitgaveny, near Elgin, by the men of Moray led by Macbeth, probably on 14 August 1040

    Buried:
    He is thought to have been buried at Elgin[13] before later relocation to the island of Iona.

    Duncan married Suthen about 1030. Suthen (daughter of Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria) was born in 1009; died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Suthen was born in 1009 (daughter of Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria); died in 1040.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

    Notes:

    Identity: Stuart (2002) states Duncan's wife was Sibil, a cousin of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Sibil was born about 1009.

    Children:
    1. 2. Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots was born in 1031 in Scotland; died on 13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    2. Donald III Bane, King of the Scots died in 1096.
    3. Mælmuir, Earl of Atholl

  3. 6.  Finn Arnasson, Jarl of Halland (son of Arni Arnmodsson and Thora Thorsteinsdatter).

    Finn married Berglioth of Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Berglioth of Norway
    Children:
    1. 3. Ingibjörg Finnsdatter was born in 1021 in Østerå, Norway; died in 1070 in Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thane Crinan Mormær of Atholl was born in 978 in Scotland (son of Duncan, Lord of the Isles and of Atholl, Thane of Dule); died in 1045 in Scotland.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was also known as Albanach or Grimus. He was the kin of St. Columbia.

    He was also Lay Abbot of Dunkeld and the Governor of the Scots Islands.

    Crinan married Bethoc of Scotland in 1000. Bethoc (daughter of Malcolm II, King of the Scots and King of Strathclyde) was born in 984 in Angus, Scotland; died in 1043. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Bethoc of Scotland was born in 984 in Angus, Scotland (daughter of Malcolm II, King of the Scots and King of Strathclyde); died in 1043.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was also known as Beatrix.

    Children:
    1. Maldred, Lord of Carlisle and Allerdale was born in 1000 in Scotland; died in 1045.
    2. daughter MacCrinan
    3. 4. Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots was born in 1007 in Scotland; died on 14 Aug 1040 in near Elgin, Moray, Scotland; was buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.

  3. 10.  Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria
    Children:
    1. 5. Suthen was born in 1009; died in 1040.

  4. 12.  Arni Arnmodsson was born about 977 in Onundfjord, Norway (not found) (son of Arnmod Arnvidarsson).

    Arni married Thora Thorsteinsdatter about 989 in Norway. Thora (daughter of Thorstein "Galge") was born about 972 in Onundfjord, Norway (not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Thora Thorsteinsdatter was born about 972 in Onundfjord, Norway (not found) (daughter of Thorstein "Galge").
    Children:
    1. 6. Finn Arnasson, Jarl of Halland


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