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The real Macbeth [d. August 15, 1057] held the prominent title of 'dux' ['duke'], which identified him as the power behind the throne. He was the descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin [810-February 13, 858], the first King of the Scots. His mother was the daughter or granddaughter of King Malcolm II [d. November 25, 1034]. His father was Findlaech mac Ruaidri, who was killed in 1020 by his nephews, under the orders of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. One of those nephews, Gille Coemgairn, died in 1032, in a deliberately set fire that killed 50 people. His widow, Gruoch ingen Boite, was the daughter of King Kenneth II [d. March 25, 1005]. She became Lady Macbeththrough her subsequent, second marriage. Duncan 'the Diseased' or 'the Sick' was the son of Crinan, hereditary lay abbot of Dunkeld, and of Bethoc, the daughter of King Malcolm II and therefore a relative of Macbeth's mother. Duncan became king on November 25, 1034. In the year of his death, he invaded Moray, which were Macbeth's lands. He was defeated by an army of his own men, under Macbeth's leadership, at Pitgaveny, on August 14, 1040. Macbeth ruled for 17 years. He was succeeded by his stepson, Lulach [d. March 17, 1058]. Lulach in turn was succeeded by King Duncan I's eldest son, King Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093].

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