[628]. Duncanus filius regis Malcolumb constans hereditarie rex Scotiæ. Nat. MSS. of Scot., Part i. No. ii. The authenticity of this charter was at one time doubted, but it is now recognised as genuine. See Introduction, p. viii.
[629]. Chart. Dunf. p. 3. King David I., who remodelled the foundation in his charter, confirms these lands which had been given by his brother Duncan. The appearances of Eadgar as a witness to the first charter, and the expression in this ‘dona Duncani fratris mei’ without qualification, are a strong indication that he was considered legitimate. The imputation of bastardy was first made by William of Malmesbury, and adopted from him by Fordun. It seems to have been the fruit of subsequent claims by his descendants.
[630]. Chron. Cumbriæ apud Dug. Mon. i. p. 400; but the authority of this chronicle is not great. William Fitz Duncan is, however, historical.
[631]. Sax. Chron. ad an. 1094.
[632]. See Transactions of Ant. Soc., vol. ii. page 480, for paper by Professor Stuart ‘on the reign of Duncan the Second.’
[633]. William of Malmesbury tells us (B. v. § 400) ‘Solus fuit Edmundus Margaretæ filius a bono degener, qui Duvenaldi patrui nequitiæ particeps, fraternæ non inscius necis fuerat, pactus scilicet regni dimidium.’ This statement is confirmed by the Ulster Annals, which have ‘1094 Donnchadh mac Maelcolaim Ri Albain domarbhadh o braithribh fein i. o Domnall agus o Etmond (Duncan, son of Malcolm, king of Alban, slain by his brothers Donald and Edmund) per dolum.’
[634]. William of Malmesbury, Hist. Regum, B. v. § 400. The crime was the slaughter of Duncan. His language here is not very consistent with his branding Duncan as a bastard and a usurper.
[635]. Chron. Picts and Scots, p. 175. The Scalachronica says that he died at Dunkeld, and was buried in Iona, which is unlikely, as the Isles did not then belong to Scotland. The continuation of Tighernac has at 1099, ‘Domnall mac Donnchada Ri Alban do dalladh do braithribh fein.’
[636]. Chron. of Man, ed. Munch, p. 5. The Chronicle inserts an Irishman, Donald mcTadg, before Ingemund, but his true period was after the death of Magnus Barefoot in 1103.
[637]. Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis, p. 347.