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Macbeth
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King of Scotland from 1040 to 1057
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Place of death
- Lumphanan
- Spouse
- Gruoch of Scotland
- Father
- Findláech of Moray
- Occupation
- king
- Position held
- Mormaer of Moray
- Family
- House of Moray
- Image
- Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II (Haarlem 1641-2 - Amsterdam 1697) - Macbeth, King of Scotland (1043-60) - RCIN 403309 - Royal Collection.jpg
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- Commons category
- Macbeth of Scotland
- date of death
- 1057-08-15
- date of birth
- 1005-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- Iona
- different from
- Macbeth
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Encyclopedic overview
Macbethad mac Findláech (anglicised as Macbeth MacFinlay; died 15 August 1057), nicknamed the Red King (Middle Irish: Rí Deircc), was King of Scotland from 1040 until his death in 1057, during a period when the Scottish kingdom is referred to as the Kingdom of Alba.
Little is known about Macbeth's early life, although he was the son of Findláech of Moray and may have been a grandson of Malcolm II, presumably through the latter's daughter, Donada. He became Mormaer (Earl) of Moray – a semi-autonomous province – in 1032, and was probably responsible for the death of the previous mormaer, Gille Coemgáin. He subsequently married Gille Coemgáin's widow, Gruoch.
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