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12th November 1094 saw the Battle of Monthechin, near Kincardine.

Duncan, in the words of one historian, was a bit of a "doughnut", I think that he is a bit harsh on the man, his reasons for his assessment is because he tried to bring more English influences into Scotland, I say English but truth be told it was really Norman influence, as from 1066 England was now under Norman rule.

In 1072 the Annals of Ulster note that the "French went into Scotland and brought away the son of the king of Scotland as hostage" (by French, the text is referring to the Normans). The King mentioned here is Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, Malcolm III, he had offered refuge to the Edgar Ætheling and the house of Wessex after the Norman conquest. Duncan would have been around 12 years old when he was taken south, he would not have been held as a prisoner, but brought up with the royal household of William I, eventually being knighted and taking a role in William II court. He would know his heritage though and must have had one eye on returning to Scotland and taking his place as their King one day.

Meanwhile while Duncan was living the highlife in Mormandy and in the south of England, in 1093 his father Malcolm, with Edgar Ætheling, (who seen himself as the rightful King of England) egging him on, started to mount raids over the border in support of the Wessex family, and no doubt to extend his own Kingdom over Cumbria. After laying waste to the North of England, in what has been quoted as being "even by the standards of the time, the ravaging of Northumbria by the Scots was seen as harsh," I will leave it at that for Malcolm at this time and pick up on him again tomorrow, at another battle's anniversary, but a spoiler alert, Malcolm gets killed tomorrow! I have to tell you this as it relates directly to today's story.

The resulting power vacuum allowed Donald III of Scotland (Domnall Bán mac Donnchada), younger brother of Malcolm, to seize the throne. The new monarch represented the interests of "a resentful native aristocracy", driving out the Anglo-Saxons and Normans who had come to the court of Malcolm and Margaret. If I was to sum it up in the language of our day it was like "Making Scotland great again"

It may have pleased the more pure Scots but the Saxon and Norman contingents, who were mainly sited around the borders were not happy, enter Duncan to lay claim to the throne, attempting to depose his uncle. As well as the border "Scots" he had the support of William II also known as Rufus, in exchange for an oath of fealty to his patron.

Duncan led a sizeable army and took the throne in 1094 but was in a constant struggle against the Highland Scots who seen him as an outsider, to be fair he was, he had spent most of his life in Normandy and England, he did however manage to negotiate peace with the rebels and was confident enough to send his mercenary army back south. This soon backfired for Donald had spent the months garnering support around the north of Scotland, and no soon as news reached him that Duncan was exposed he led his army to the Lowlands and confronted his nephew. On 12 November, Duncan was ambushed and killed in battle, having reigned for less than seven months.

As I said earlier not much is written about the battle, there are a couple of mentions of Duncan's death, again The Annalls of Ulster say " "Donnchad son of Mael Coluim, king of Scotland, was treacherously killed by his own brothers Domnall and Edmond". As Duncan had no brothers by those names, the text probably points to his uncle Donald and half-brother Edmund, though later texts identify a noble by the name of Máel Petair of Mearns as the actual murderer. Another Irish source The Annals of Inisfallen reported that "Donnchadh [Duncan] son of Mael Coluim [Malcolm], king of Alba, was slain by Domnall [Donald], son of Donnchadh [Duncan]. That same Domnall, moreover, afterwards took the kingship of Alba." So it's all a bit confusing, there are a few other "reports" but in the main they all point to Donald being behind it, if not the actual man who killed Duncan.

At the end of the day this was all down to the Gaels making a stand against the southerners taking control of the Scottish Crown, Donald III reigned for three years, being deposed by his half brother Edgar, another of Malcolm III's sons, you could also say it was a family fight as two of Malcolm's sons, Duncan, and Edgar and his brother Donald are all part of this story. Malcolm III influence did not only extend to those three relatives though, a further two sons, Alexander I and David I both went on to rule Scotland as Kings of the House of Dunkeld, a dynasty that only ended when Margaret of Norway perished in 1286.

The pic of Duncan, is one of the series of fictitious portraits of early Scottish kings by 17th century artist Jacob de Wet.

"Tune" in tomorrow for more background on Malcolm Canmore and his demise.

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