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Donnchad mac Crínáin King of Scotland
- Born: Abt 1001, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland 882
- Marriage: Unknown
- Died: 14-15 Aug 1040, Bothnagowan, Elgin, Moray, Scotland 882,883
- Buried: 1040, Saint Oran's Chapel, Isle of Iona, Scotland 882
 Another name for Donnchad was Duncan I "the Gracious" mac Crínán King of Scots.
General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 8th Edition, 34:21 - brother of Maldred, son of Crinán the Thane, 121A:23 - father of Donald Bane, 170:20 - King of the Scots, son of Bethos and Crinan the Thane, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Governor of the Scots Island. Duncan was murdered by Macbeth, m. daughter of Siward, Danish Earl of Northumberland. 160
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 883
Duncan I, know as the Gracious, succeeded his grandfather, Malcolm II, as the King of Scotland on 24 Nov 1034. He was the first soverign in the House of Dunkeld, named after his father's abbacy. Ducan was either murdered by Macbeth, or killed in battle against him, on 14 Aug 1040, Bothganowan (now Pitgaveny), near Elgin. He was buriend on the Isle of Iona.
~Weir's British Royal Familes, pp. 181, 182,
• Children. 882
• Malcolm, King of the Scots as Malcom III, from 17 Mar 1057/58 until 13 Nov 1093.
• Donald Band, twice king of the Scots, first from 13 Nov 1093 until May 1094 and then from 12 Nov 1094 until Oct 1097. He was very amibitious, even to the point of killing his nephew to clear the way to the throne.
• Melmare, Earl of Athol who had a son, Madach who had two sons, Malcom, earl of Athol and Haral "Maddadson," earl of Orkney.
~Scottish Kings, p. 6
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