Donnchad mac Crínáin King of Scotland

   Another name for Donnchad was Duncan I "the Gracious" mac Crínán King of Scots.

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 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 Bethoc and Crinan the Thane, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Governor of the Scots Island. Duncan was murdered by Macbeth, married a 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
Duncan I married a cousin of Siward, earl of Northumberland about the year of 1030

Malcolm, King of the Scots as Malcom III, from 17 Mar 1057/58 until 13 Nov 1093.

Donald Ban, twice king of the Scots, first from 13 Nov 1093 until May 1094 and then from 12 Nov 1094 until Oct 1097.

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. 14

• Web Reference: The House Of Dunkeld - Duncan I .

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Duncan I King of Scotland.
Donnchad's parentage is confirmed by the Annals of Ulster which record the death of "Donnchad son of Crínán, king of Scotland" in 1040 [Annals of Ulster, 1040.5, p. 480]. He is not named as king in the 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum king-list [Skene (1867), XVI, Chronicle of the Scots 1165, Cronica Regum Scottorum, p. 131]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun names "Duncan" as son of "Crynyne Abthane of Dul and Steward of the Isles" and his wife [John of Fordun (Skene), Book IV, XXXVIII, p. 174]. The Annals of Ulster record that "Donnchad son of Crínán, king of Scotland, was killed by his own people" in 1040 [Annals of Ulster, 1040.5, p. 480]. The Annals of Tigernach record that "Donncadh mac Crínan, airdrí Alban" was killed "immaturo etate a suis" in 1040 [Annals of Tigernach II, p. 271].

Donnchad married Suthen.⁸⁸³