Person

Duncan I of Scotland

King of Alba

b. 1001 CE – d. 1040 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Donnchad mac Crinain (anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick"; ca.

1001 – 14 August 1040) is king of Scotland (Alba) from 1034 to 1040.

He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.