Duncan II of Scotland

Duncan II Of Scotland

Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim (Modern Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Mhaoil Chaluim; anglicised as Duncan II; before c. 1060 – 12 November 1094) was king of Scots. He was son of Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada) and his first wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, widow of Thorfinn Sigurdsson.

Read more about Duncan II Of Scotland:  Early Life, Marriage, Reign and Death, Interpretation, Legacy, Reputation, Ancestry

Famous quotes containing the words duncan and/or scotland:

    I wondered just how far women would permit this to go.
    —David Duncan (b.1913)

    Four and twenty at her back
    And they were a’ clad out in green;
    Tho the King of Scotland had been there
    The warst o’ them might hae been his Queen.

    On we lap and awa we rade
    Till we cam to yon bonny ha’
    Whare the roof was o’ the beaten gold
    And the floor was o’ the cristal a’.
    —Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 21–28)