Macbeth
1005 – 1057
Scottish

King, Shakespeare made him the ultimate example of misdirected ambition and weakness.

Contemporaries
?–1023Wulfstan
1028–1087William I
1028–1083Marianus Scotus
1050–1120Johannes Roscellinus
fl. 1050Lady Godiva
1030–1101St. Bruno of Cologne
926–1014Brian
923–1008St. Bernard of Menthon
1033–1109St. Anselm
955–1020Ælfric