King Duncan I of Scotland

     King Duncan I of Scotland was born circa 1000 at Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. He was the son of Crínán of Dunkeld and Bethóc of Scotland. King Duncan I of Scotland married (?) Suthen circa 1030. King Duncan I of Scotland died on 15 August 1040 at Elgin, Moray, Scotland; In 1039, Donnchad led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but the expedition ended in disaster. Donnchad survived, but the following year he led an army north into Moray, traditionally seen as his cousin Mac Bethad's domain. There he was killed, at Pitgaveny near Elgin, by his own men led by Mac Bethad, probably on 14 August 1040. He was not killed in his sleep as Shakespeare's rather fictional approach to history "Macbeth" suggests, nor was he elderly.^1,2 He was buried at Saint Oran's Chapel, Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland.³
      King Duncan I of Scotland was also known as Donnchad mac Crínáin. Duncan I succeeded his grandfather, Malcolm II, as King of Scotland in 1034. William Shakespeare's play Macbeth portrays the events in his life, but rather distortedly. Macbeth of Moray, who had a claim to the throne by right of his wife, killed Duncan in a battle near Elgin, as a result of a blow by Macbeth.