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Meaning, ' Dark skinned warrior'. There have been two Scottish kings called Duncan. Duncan I was portrayed in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth', in which he was killed by Macbeth. The real life King Duncan followed his grandfather Malcolm as king after the latter's death on 25 November 1034. In 1039, Duncan led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but the expedition ended in disaster. Duncan survived, but the following year he led an army north into Moray, traditionally seen as Macbeth's domain. There he was killed, at Pitgaveny near Elgin, by his own men led by Macbeth, probably on 14 August 1040.
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