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Duncan Mac Donnchad Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0949 Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland | | Death Date | 0990 | | Father | Duncan Abthane of Dule, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Mormaer of Atholl | Born: 0920 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland | Died: 0965 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Duncan Mac Donnchad
Notes: | NOTE: The title of Mormaer designates a regional or provincial ruler in the medieval Kingdom of the Scots. "Mormaer" is not a place. ATHOLL: A mediaeval Scottish province, successively a mormaerdom, earldom, a marquisate, and a dukedom of Scotland. Atholl is located around the Tilt river valley in central Scotland, with the Firth of Tay to the southeast and Loch Ness to the northwest. The traditional center of the province was Blair Castle. The present Duke of Atholl maintains the only private army in Europe – the Atholl Highlanders.
| | Notes: | Duncan, Mormaer of Atholl was the son of Duncan He was Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Hereditary Priest & Thane of Dull, and Viscount of Atholl He fought in the Battle of Luncarty circa 990, where he commanded the left wing, and where the Danes were so crushingly defeated that their raids on that part of what subsequently became Perthshire, ceased.2 Children of Duncan, Mormaer of Atholl: Grim, Thane (hereditary tenant of the Crown) of Strathearn (west of Perth) and Baille (functionary with judicial powers) of Dule; killed 1010 at Battle of Mortlach, where Malcolm II King of Scots defeated invading Norsemen Duncan, ancestor of the Irvings of Dumfries and Forbes Irvines of Drum CrÃnáin of Dunkeld, Mormaer of Atholl+1 b. c 975, d. c 1045
| | Notes: | Occupation: Mormaer (King status), Mormaer of Atholl, aka Duncan II MacDONACHADH; Lord of the Isles & Atholl, 9SCB-CM8
| | Notes: | ATHOLL: A mediaeval Scottish province, successively a mormaerdom, earldom, a marquisate, and a dukedom of Scotland. Atholl is located around the Tilt river valley in central Scotland, with the Firth of Tay to the southeast and Loch Ness to the northwest. The traditional center of the province was Blair Castle. The present Duke of Atholl maintains the only private army in Europe – the Atholl Highlanders.
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