![]() ![]() MacBeth formed an alliance with his cousin the Earl of Orkney, and they defeated and killed Duncan near Elgin in 1040. His cousin MacBeth, chief of the northern Scots, also had a claim to the throne through his mother. He led a disastrous campaign into Northumbria and was forced to retreat ignominiously back to Scotland. He was a much weaker character than Malcolm and a terrible leader. Scotland in the early 11th century had finally become a single nation.ĭuncan became King of Scotland upon the death of Malcolm in 1034. Malcolm was therefore able to unite the Four Kingdoms of Scotland under one throne. When King Owen of the Britons of Strathclyde died later that year without issue, Duncan (Malcolm’s grandson) became the rightful heir through marriage. King Malcolm of Scotia, king of the Scots and Picts, routed the Angles of Lothian in the Battle of Carham in 1018 and became the most powerful man in Scotland. Viking warriors had been raiding the coasts of Scotland. ![]() ![]() But how historically accurate is Shakespeare’s story, if at all?įor centuries, the clans had been waging war on each other. Duncan and MacBeth – famous names thanks to Shakespeare and the Scottish Play, ‘Macbeth’. ![]()
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