Clan Duncan

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BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR DUNCAN ROYAL CLAN FAMILY OF SCOTLAND..
DUNCAN, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, REED, REID
(Dunchad) Duncan, is without doubt one of the earliest and most Prominent Royal Names in Scotland and Britain– surnames being introduced by the Normans around 1120 AD – and originates from the Dalriadan Celtic Scotii original (Scots) from Ireland who colonised the south west of Scotland from about the 4th c AD.
these Gaels, the people who gave Scotland its name from 'Scoti', The people of the Kingdom of Dál Riata spoke a Q-Celtic Goidelic language
One of the Kings of Dalriada in western Scotland was Dunchad (Duncan) mac Conaing who co-ruled Dalriada with Conall II (c. 650 - 654). He was defeated and killed by Talorcan mac Enfrith, king of the Picts, in a battle at Strath Ethairt.
the Kingdom of the Dalriada was to expand eastward into what came to be known as the Forest of Atholl and Strathearn (from the river Earn) and northward into the area of Elgin. The union of the lands of modern Scotland began in 843, when Kenneth MacAlpin, then King of the Dalriada was to start the unification of the four kingdoms of Northern Britain and the birth of a single united nation of Alba (Scotland).
Records from this time are scant and it is not until after the unification of the Celtic Scots of Dalriada and the aboriginal Picts of northern Britain by Kenneth MacAlpine 843AD do we start to see the name significantly being used in other parts of Scotland. One of the earliest accounts is that of the Scots Gaelic writings of the 11th c. in the ‘Book of Deer’, the oldest Scots Gaelic writings known in Scotland today, written by the early Christian Monks of the Abbey of Deer in Aberdeenshire.
The first mentions of Dunchad, Donnachadh (Duncan) as a Clan was from the early part of the 14th c and the Wars of Independence which ended with Robert the Bruce’s victory over the English at Bannockburn.
for centuries the Duncan Family have been in the Royal Lines of Scotland and Britain and to this day still are , as like Current Queen Elizabeth ll who is of the Duncan Family Line From King Duncan ..
** Of Course with Me and Me Boys being close descent of King Duncan thru my Grandpap Clark Duncan of Dundee,Duncan Scotland we are Members of the council of scot clans, as well as clan duncan society and the Dunnaclaidh duncan robertson clan society and the Brit-Scot Royal Family Society all in Scotland/Alba And members of the U.s.a branches of them ..
http://www.clan-duncan.co.uk/index.html

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