Duncan II of Scotland

1060 - 1094  (34 years)

• Name	Duncan II of Scotland
  Birth	1060	Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  HOSTAGE+OF+KING+WILLIAM+I+OF+ENGLAND	1072	Normandy, France
  	In 1072 Duncan became the hostage of King William I of England to insure the 'good behavior' of his father King Malcolm III. As a result Duncan grew to manhood in the Norman court of William the Conqueror and became very familiar with English culture.
  King of Scotland	1094
  6+MONTH+REIGN+AS+KING+OF+ALBA	From May 1094 to 12 November 1094	Scotland
  Alt.%2BBurial	Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
  USURPED+THRONE+OF+SCOTLAND	May 1094
  	Duncan seized the throne of Scotland away from his uncle Donald III in May of 1094, and was crowned at Scone
  Burial	Nov 1094	Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
  AMBUSHED+AND+KILLED+BY+HIS+UNCLE+DONALD+AND+BROTHER+EDMUND	12 Nov 1094	Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  	In the Lowlands confronting rebels, Duncan was ambushed by forces of his Uncle Donald and half-brother Edmund. Duncan was killed in the battle.
  Title of Nobility	King
  Title of Nobility	King of Scots
  Death	12 Nov 1094	Kincardineshire, Scotland
  WIFE+AND+CHILD+FLED+TO+EXILE+IN+ENGLAND	Aft 13 Nov 1094
  	Learning of Duncan's death Ethelreda, no longer Queen, took their young son William and fled to the protection of her brother Waltheof in Allerdale.
  _FSFTID	L1ZF-GQ7
  Person ID	I33836	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	King Of Scotland Malcolm III,   b. 26 Mar 1031, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 13 Nov 1093, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Ingibjorg Finnsdottir,   b. 1023, Norway d. 1069, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1060
  Family ID	F15217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Æthelreda of Northumbria,   b. Abt 1068, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. Abt 1095, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F13524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023