The real events by which Macbeth became King of Scotland in 1040. Duncan I — not the saintly old man of Shakespeare but a young king who had suffered military disasters — was killed by Macbeth in battle near Elgin or Inverness. Whether it was an ambush or a pitched battle is debated. Macbeth then ruled for seventeen years — one of Scotland's most stable and prosperous reigns — before being killed by Malcolm Canmore.
Duncan I killed
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