Macbeth: Character Analysis: Duncan. King Duncan of Scotland. Books & Posters House of Dunkeld Family Tree English King or Queen at the Time Name: King Duncan of ScotlandFather: Crinan, Abbot of DunkeldMother: Bethoc, daughter of Malcom IIRelation to Elizabeth II: 27th great-grandfatherHouse of: DunkeldBorn: c. 1001Ascended to the throne: November 25, 1034Married: Sybilla, c. 1030Children: three sons including Malcolm III and Donald IIIDied: August, 1040, either murdered by Macbeth or killed in battle against him near Elgin.Buried at: Isle of IonaSucceeded by: his cousin Macbeth Duncan (Donnchad mac Crínáin) was and son of Crinan, the Abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethroc daughter of Malcolm II.
Duncan. Duncan in Macbeth. Duncan is the King of Scotland, but he might as well be your dad.
We should all be so lucky: he's kind, generous, benevolent, and just a little weepier than you might expect from a noble warrior and king. Even Lady Macbeth, who says she would murder her own nursing babe, can't kill him because, as she says, he "resembled/ My father as he slept" (2.2). Is this the man who should be king? Taking Candy from a Baby Duncan is totally the Early Modern version of a sensitive, New Age guy. King Duncan.