Macbeth King Of Scotland

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• Name	Macbeth King Of Scotland
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8XJJ-JS
  Died	1056
  Person ID	I26598	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Family 1	Sibyl Fitzsiward, [Queen],   b. Abt 1013, Of, Northumberland, England ,   d. 1039  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Family ID	F9812	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Gruoch, Queen Of Scotland,   b. Abt 1017, Of, Scotland
  Family ID	F9822	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Macbeth siezed the throne of Scotland in 1040 after defeating and killing Duncan I. He based his claim to the crown on his wife's royal descent. Malcolm III, son of Duncan I, and Earl Siward of Northumberland defeated Macbeth at Dunsinane in 1054, but they did not dethrone him. Three years later, Malcolm III killed Macbeth at Lumphanan. Macbeth's stepson Lulach reigned for a few months, and then Malcolm III succeeded him as king. William Shakespeare based his play, Macbeth, one of his greatest tragedies, upon a distorted version of these events which he found in Raphael Holinshed's "Chronicle of Scottish History." The only kernel of historical truth in the play is Duncan's death at the hand of Macbeth. From this fact, Shakespeare drew his portrait of ambition leading to a violent and tragic end. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p M4.