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Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots

Male 1007 - 1040  (33 years)


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  • Name Duncan I MacCrinan  
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 1007  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7
    General Information He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.   [9
    Military 1035 (Age 28)  County Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Death 14 Aug 1040  near Elgin, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7, 8, 9
    • 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 [1, 7, 8]
    Burial —  Isle of Iona, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He is thought to have been buried at Elgin[13] before later relocation to the island of Iona. [10]
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I3334  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2021 

    Father Thane Crinan Mormær of Atholl,   b. 978, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1045, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Bethoc of Scotland,   b. 984, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1043 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1000 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 16 years. 
    Family ID F2729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Suthen,   b. 1009   d. 1040 (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage About 1030  [3, 4, 7, 8, 9
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years - She : ~ 21 years. 
    Children 
     1. Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots,   b. 1031, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. Donald III Bane, King of the Scots   d. 1096
     3. Mælmuir, Earl of Atholl
    Family ID F1899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1007 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots - 1031 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - 1035 - County Durham, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Aug 1040 - near Elgin, Moray, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - — - Isle of Iona, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1461] Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects , (London: E. Churton, 1848).

    2. [S1616] Gordon, Daniel Smith. "Lineage of MacBeth, King of Scotland", (Washington D.C.: The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume III, Number 2, July 1914).

    3. [S1466] Guido, Michael Anne. "Nes Fitz William and the Earls of Fife: The Origin of the House of Fife, 962-1129" , (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 2, number 2, July 2006).

    4. [S1484] Guido, Michael Anne. "Who was Malcolm, King of the Cumbrians? - A Study of the Kings of Strathclyde and Cumbria and Their Relationship to King Dubh's Descendants in the Work of Fordun and the Early Chronicles", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 2, number 3, January 2007).

    5. [S255] Gum, Mrs. Robert Richardson. Genealogy of the Whitney Family , (Frankfort, Kentucky: privately printed, 1926).

    6. [S1125] Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Volume 1, (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904).

    7. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).

    8. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    9. [S304] Wikipedia, Duncan I of Scotland.

    10. [S304] Wikipedia.
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