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BATTLE OF DUNSINANE

The Battle of Dunsinane occurred on Dunsinane hill on the 27th of July 1054 and took place between king Macbeth formerly the thane of Glammis, and Siward, earl of Northumberland. Edward the Confessor had sent Siward on behalf of Malcolm III, whose father Duncan had been murdered by the usurper Macbeth. Macbeth was defeated, and it was said was pursued to Lumphaman and there slain in 1056 or 1057.
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