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How do Banquo's children become king after Macbeth dies?

Banquo is Macbeth's closest friend and fellow thane.  He, in a way, represents wisdom, morality and rational thought.  Unfortunately, he doesn't live long, but we will get to that later.


After Macbeth and Banquo leave the scene of battle and head towards their king's encampment, they meet the three witches in the woods.  They declare a prophecy for Macbeth that he will be given a new title and soon be king. Indeed, these both come true.


Banquo's prophecies are less clear.  The final one is as follows:



Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.(70)
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!



The implication is that Banquo will be the father of a line of kings, but not be a king himself.  As a result, Macbeth's reign will be short, without any of his future children ruling at all.  Macbeth decides to kill Banquo, and his son, in the hopes of changing the prophecy.  While he succeeds in killing Banquo, he does not succeed in killing Banquo's son, Fleance.  


We can assume that Fleance will grow older and return to Scotland.  Because Macbeth is beheaded at the end of the play, Malcolm rises to the throne.  At this point, nobody knows exactly how Fleance, or any of Fleance's children, will become king.  However, the prophecies have all come true so far, we can imagine they would continue to do so.

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