▁their ▁connection ▁with ▁Fle ance ▁and ▁his ▁marriage ▁to ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁prin cess ▁to ▁claim ▁a ▁gene alog ical ▁link ▁with ▁the ▁legend ary ▁King ▁Arthur . ▁This , ▁they ▁hoped , ▁would ▁strength en ▁the ▁legit im acy ▁of ▁their ▁claim ▁to ▁the ▁throne . ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 2 , ▁however , ▁Richard ▁Hay , ▁a ▁Scottish ▁historian , ▁presented ▁strong ▁evidence ▁that ▁not ▁only ▁was ▁James ▁not ▁a ▁desc endant ▁of ▁Fle ance , ▁but ▁also ▁that ▁neither ▁Fle ance ▁nor ▁Ban qu o ▁ever ▁even ▁existed . ▁Most ▁modern ▁sch ol ars ▁now ▁agree ▁that ▁Fle ance ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁real ▁historical ▁figure . ▁ ▁In ▁Mac b eth ▁Fle ance ▁appears ▁in ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁Mac b eth . ▁However , ▁only ▁his ▁child hood ▁is ▁port rayed ; ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁story , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁described ▁in ▁Hol in sh ed ' s ▁Chron icles , ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁play . ▁Sch ol ars ▁suggest ▁that ▁Shakespeare ▁does ▁not ▁elaborate ▁on ▁Fle ance ' s ▁life ▁after ▁his ▁escape ▁from ▁Scotland ▁to ▁avoid ▁unnecessary ▁dist raction ▁from ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Mac b eth ▁himself . ▁ ▁In ▁Act ▁ 1 , ▁Mac b eth ▁and ▁Ban qu o ▁meet ▁the ▁Three ▁W itch es ▁who ▁for et ell ▁that ▁Mac b eth ▁will ▁be ▁king ▁and ▁that ▁Ban qu o ▁" sh alt ▁get ▁k ings , ▁though ▁thou ▁be ▁none ". ▁Fle ance ▁also ▁briefly ▁appears ▁in ▁the