378258580. King Duncan II of Scotland & 378258581. Queen Ethelreda of Northumbria
1065, Duncan
born in England, s/o 378220550.
Malcolm III of Scotland & 756517161. Ingibiorg of Norway.
12/25/1066,
William the Conqueror succeeded Edgar the Aethling as King of England. [English
royalty fled north to Scotland for protection.]
~1070,
Ethelreda born in Northumbria, Scotland.
8/1072,
Duncan given as a hostage to King William I of England.
[Undated],
‘Waldevus filius comitis Cospatricii’ enfeoffed ‘Waldeve filio Gileminii’ with
property and ‘Ethreda (378258581) sorore sua.’ (S) FMG.
Aft.
9/9/1087, Duncan released from prison, and trained and knighted by Robert, duke
of Normandy [brother of King William II of England].
~1088,
Duncan returned to England in the service of King William II.
~1088,
Duncan married Ethelreda. ‘Ethreda sorore Waldevi’ married ‘Doncani comes de
Murrayse’. (S) FMG, Cronicon Cumbriæ.
1088, King
William II’s barons rebelled in support of his brother Robert [who did not come
from Normandy to help.]
1090, King
William II invaded Normandy securing some of his brother Robert’s lands.
1091, King
William II invaded Scotland.
11/13/1093,
Ducan’s father killed at the battle of Alnwick against the Earl of
Northumberland.
1093, Duncan
succeeded his father as King of Scotland.
1093,
‘Dunecanus fili regii Malcolum constans hereditarie rex Scotie’ donated
property to the monks of St Cuthbert for the souls of his father wife and
infant son: ‘fratri mei, uxore mea et infans mei’. (S) FMG.
6/1094,
Duncan defeated the forces of his uncle Donald III.
1094, Duncan
crowned at Scone.
11/12/1094,
King Duncan ambushed and killed at Monodoynes by the Mormaer of the Mearns, by
on the orders of his half-brother, Edmund, who had allied himself to their
uncle Donald Bane. Duncan buried at Dumfermline abbey. (S) FMG.
[––Ethelreda––]
Ethelreda
married 2nd Waltheof. (S) FMG.
Child
of Duncan and ?:
i. William Fitz Duncan (189129290), born ~1090 in
Scotland.
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