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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.
That the founder of the clan, Donn(a)chadh (Duncan) was the second son of Angus MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. [9] That the Robertsons are lineal descendants of the Celtic Earls of Atholl, whose progenitor was King Duncan I (Donnchadh in Scottish Gaelic). [10] The Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia supports this theory. [8]
Clan Duncan [9] [10] [19] is an armigerous clan with no present chief of the name Duncan, nor any officially accepted house under the name Duncan. It is the aim of the Clan to have a chief of the name Duncan or one of the various spelling variants, other than Donnachaidh to be officially recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, either by a proven genealogical link to the last chief around ...
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Duncan of Scotland may refer to: Duncan I of Scotland (died 1040), king of Scotland; Duncan II of Scotland (died 1094), king of Scotland This page was last edited on ...
The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the "home of golf" because the sport was first played on the links at St Andrews in the early 15th century. [8] Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland until James II of Scotland banned the game in 1457 because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practising their archery. [9]
Donnchad, Earl of Fife (1113–1154), usually known in English as Duncan, was the first Gaelic magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter, by King David in 1136. Duncan, as head of the native Scottish nobility, had the job of introducing and conducting King Malcolm around the Kingdom upon his accession; however, Malcolm ...
Viscount Duncan [151] 30 October 1797: Haldane-Duncan: extinct 1933: created Earl of Camperdown in 1831 Viscount Chelsea [152] 27 December 1800: Cadogan: extant: subsidiary title of the Earl Cadogan: Viscount Fitz-Harris [152] 1800: Harris: extant: subsidiary title of the Earl of Malmesbury: Viscount Bridport [153] 16 June 1800: Hood: extinct 1814