For a time he lived as a hostage in England and became king of the Scots after driving out his uncle, Donald Bane, in 1093, an enterprise in which he was helped by some English and Normans. He was killed in the following year in the Battle of Monthechin. He was buried at Dumfermline Abbey, Fife.
See WF Skene, Celtic Scotland (1876-1880), and A Lang, History of Scotland, vol. i. (1900).
DuncanII was the eldest son of Malcolm III and Ingibjorg and became King after defeating Donald III with Norman/English help.
Duncan (born abut 1060) was sent to England in 1072 as a hostage for the good behaviour of his father.
Seal of DuncanII He was very lucky not to have been executed by William the Conqueror in reprisal for his father's invasion of northern England in 1079.
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