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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Scottish king from 1040 to 1057 This article is about the historical Scottish king. For for the play by William Shakespeare, see Macbeth. For for the main character of that play, see Macbeth (character). Macbeth The name Mac Beathad Mac Fhindlaích in the Annals of Ulster King of Alba ...
Gruoch ingen Boite (fl. c. 1015 – unknown) was a Scottish queen, the daughter of Boite mac Cináeda, son of Cináed II. [1] The dates of her life are uncertain. She is most famous for being the wife and queen of MacBethad mac Findlaích (Macbeth), as well as the basis for Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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 king of Scotland from 1034 to 1040. He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
The two were accepted as monarchs of Scotland after a period of deliberation by the Scottish Parliament and ruled together as William II and Mary II. An attempt to establish a Scottish colonial empire through the Darien Scheme , in rivalry to that of England, failed, leaving the Scottish nobles who financed the venture for their profit bankrupt.
Shakespeare's source for the story is the account of Macbeth, King of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland, and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries, although the events in the play differ extensively from the history of the real Macbeth.
Meeting Duncan (Brendan Gleeson), the King of Scotland, in a tent, we see the first hint of covetousness in Macbeth; it’s there in Washington’s pained smile when Duncan announces that his son ...
Lulach McPritchett in Modern Family, a Comedy series, is a Scottish warrior and ancestor of Jay Pritchett. Lulach - misnamed Luach - appears in the animated series Gargoyles (TV series) as Macbeth and Gruoch's son, and, briefly, King of Scotland.
But the real curse of “the Scottish play” is that it’s damnably difficult to pull off onstage. Heresy to say it, but “Macbeth” might actually work better on screen, as I've argued before.