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The Kings of Scotland

Malcolm II, King of Scotland.
Reigned 1005-1034.
He died 1034.
He had issue:

1. Donalda,
   mar Findláech of Moray,
   had issue:
   1. Macbeth, King of Scotland.
      His troops killed Duncan I in battle, 1040.
      He reigned 1040-1057.
      Killed in battle 1057.

   
   

2. Bethoc,
   mar Crínán of Dunkeld,
   had issue:
   1. Duncan I, King of Scotland.
      Reigned 1034-1040.
      Killed in battle 1040.
      He had issue:
      1. Malcolm III, King of Scotland.
         His forces killed Macbeth in battle 1057.
         He reigned 1058-1093.

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• The play Macbeth by Shakespeare immortalised Macbeth, King of Scotland. It is highly inaccurate.

• In Act 5, Scene 5, Macbeth has the famous lines: "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."