What do you learn about Banquo's issue?

Answer 1

In the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth', the three witches made predictions about the future of friends and fellow Generals Banquo and Macbeth. To Macbeth, they promised the immediate glory of the titles of Thane of Cawdor and then of King of Scotland. To Banquo, they promised the Scottish throne to his issue. They further specified what they meant by issue when they showed Macbeth the apparition of the eight kings carrying a mirror that showed an even longer line of kings. The two predictions were meant to comfort Banquo in his subsequent murder. He would be killed, but his son Fleance would escape. Banquo's family line would continue through his son, and that line would monopolize the Scottish throne. But according to the historical record, Banquo and Fleance may have been fictional characters in an otherwise more or less history-based play. Banquo was touted as the ultimate ancestor of the royal line that culminated in lthe later years of William Shakespeare [Baptized April 26, 1564-April 23, 1616] with the rule of Stuart King James [June 19, 1566-March 25, 1625] I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. The notion was descent of the Stuart Kings from Walter, the Royal Steward of Scotland. Walter was the supposed son of Fleance, who supposedly married Nesta verch Gruffydd, the daughter of Gruffydd ap Llywellan [c. 1007-August 5, 1063], the last native Prince of Wales; and Aldgyth aka Edith [d. after 1070], who took as her second husband King Harold II [c. 1022-October 14, 1066] of England. Aldgyth/Edith was the daughter of Aelfgar [d. c. 1062], Earl of Mercia; and the granddaughter of Leofric [d. August 31 or September 30, 1057], Earl of Mercia and husband of Godfigu ka Lady Godiva [fl. 1040-1080]. Since Nesta's ancestry mixed with royalty, her family tree was recorded and preserved. According to the genealogical record, Nesta only had one husband, who wasn't Fleance. Instead, it was Osbern fitzRichard.