Back Duncan I Afrikaans Dunecan I Scotta Cyning ANG دنكان الأول Arabic دنكان الاول ARZ Дънкан I Bulgarian Duncan I d'Escòcia Catalan Duncan I. Czech Duncan 1. af Skotland Danish Duncan I. German Ντάνκαν Α΄ της Σκωτίας Greek
| Duncan I | |
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| King of Alba (Scotland) | |
| Reign | 25 November 1034 – 14 August 1040 |
| Predecessor | Malcolm II |
| Successor | Macbeth |
| Born | c. 1001 Atholl, Kingdom of Scotland |
| Died | (aged around 38) Pitgaveny, near Elgin |
| Burial | Elgin, later relocated to Iona |
| Spouse | Suthen |
| Issue |
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| House | Dunkeld |
| Father | Crínán of Dunkeld |
| Mother | Bethóc |
Donnchad mac Crinain (Scottish Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Crìonain;[1] anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick";[2] c. 1001 – 14 August 1040)[3] was (Alba) from 1034 to 1040. He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
- ^ Donnchad mac Crínáin is the Mediaeval Gaelic form.
- ^ Skene, William Forbes (1867). Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and Other Early Memorials of Scottish History. Edinburgh: H.M. Register House. pp. 101, 467.
- ^ Broun, "Duncan I (d. 1040)".