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Macbeth King of Scotland (Cir 1005-1057) |
Macbeth King of Scotland 1884
General Notes: King of Scots from 1040, the legend of whose life was the basis of Shakespeare's Macbeth. He was probably a [great (kn)] grandson of King Kenneth II (ruled 971-995), and he married Gruoch, a descendant of King Kenneth III (ruled 997-1005). About 1031 Macbeth succeeded his father, Findlaech (Sinel in Shakespeare), as mormaer, or chief, in the province of Moray, in northern Scotland. Macbeth established himself on the throne after killing his cousin King Duncan I in battle near Elgin--not, as in Shakespeare, by murdering Duncan in bed--on Aug. 14, 1040. Both Duncan and Macbeth derived their rights to the crown through their mothers. Life Events: 1. Acceded: King of Scotland, 1040. 1884 Macbeth married Gruoch "Lady Macbeth", daughter of Beoedhe Prince of Scotland and Unknown. (Gruoch "Lady Macbeth" was born in 1007 1884 and died in 1063 1884.) |
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