Macbeth, a thane of the north of Scotland who, by assassination of King Duncan, became king; reigned 17 years, but his right was disputed by Malcolm, Duncan's son, and he was defeated by him and fell at Lumphanan, December 5, 1056.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord * Maccabees