Duncan I of Scotland
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Donnchad mac Crinain was king of Scotland from 1034 to 1040. He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
An oil painting by Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II
Malcolm II of Scotland
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He was a son of Cinaed mac Maíl Choluim or King Kenneth II, and The Prophecy of Berchán says his mother was "a woman of Leinster". His mother may have been a daughter of a Uí Dúnlainge King of Leinste
Duncan I of Scotland
…The ancestry of King Duncan is not certain. In modern texts, he is the son of Crínán, hereditary lay abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethóc, daughter of King Malcolm II. However, in the late 17th century the historian Frederic Van Bossen, after collecting historical accounts throughout Europe, identified King Duncan…
Macbeth consulting the Vision of the Armed Head by Johann Heinrich Füssli
Malcolm II
Painting by Jacob de Wet II
Nineteenth century engraving of "King Malcolm's grave stone" (Glamis no. 2) at Glamis Castle