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 1034 - 1097 (63 years)
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| Name |
Donald Dunkeld |
| Suffix |
III, King of Scots |
| Birth |
1034 |
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1097 |
Rescobie, Angus, Scotland [1] |
| Person ID |
I53814 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Father |
Duncan I of Scotland, King of Alba, b. ~1001, (Dunkeld, Scotland) d. 14 Aug 1040, Elgin, Scotland (Age ~ 39 years) |
| Mother |
Suthen, Queen of Scotland, b. ~1020, Northumbria, England d. 1050, Scotland (Age ~ 29 years) |
| Marriage |
~1030 |
(Northumbria, England) [1, 2] |
| Family ID |
F19035 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hextilda FitzAndlaw, b. 1029, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d. 16 Nov 1093, (Rescobie, Angus) Scotland (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage |
(Perthshire, Scotland) [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Bethoc Dunkeld, b. 1098, Tynedale, Moray, Scotland d. 1160, Perth, Scotland (Age 62 years) |
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| Family ID |
F20178 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY
Donald Bane (Gaelic for the White or the Fair)
During the reign of his brother, Malcolm the Third, Donald lived a quiet life in the Hebrides. Malcolm intended for his son Edward to succeed him but when he died, Edward was in Northumbria, fighting.(the Battle of the Alnwick) Donald raised his own army when he heard of his brother's death and headed for Edinburgh, laying siege to the castle with Malcolm's other children inside. How they escaped isn't clear. They fled to England, to be sheltered by their uncle EDGAR THE ATHELING.
Donald began to reverse the reforms in religion and politics Malcolm had made. In 1094, Malcolm's son, Duncan led an army of GOSPATRICK'S Northumbrians and Normans, supplied by England's king WILLIAM RUFUS, northward. Eventually, Donald was forced back to his Hebrides stronghold. Duncan took the throne, only to face an uprising by the men of Mearns. He was killed at the Battle of Monthechin on the twelfth of November, 1094.
Donald was again king in Scotland. Being an old man of sixty odd years, and having no sons, he agreed to share power with his nephew Edmund, which displeased greatly Edmund's older brother Edgar. Edgar went to William Rufus and his uncle the Atheling with his grievances. There was some troublesome delay in raising another army, but Edgar finally went north. Donald was captured, blinded, and imprisoned October 1097. There's no explanation to why he wasn't executed at the time. He died in confinement in 1099. His co-king Edmund, deposed with him was allowed to become a monk at Montecute Abbey.
Wearing the crown of Scotland was a dangerous thing. But soon, the dark and bloody throne would become more stable. For a little while.
For more on Donald, read Andrew McDonald's Outlaws of Medieval Scotland, and Richard Oran's The Canmores; Kings and Queens of the Scots.
(written for wikitree by Catherine Evans)
Alias
Alias: Donaldbane
Alias: Domnall Ban
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_III_of_Scotland
http://www.theroyfamily.com/p44016.htm
end of this biography [1]
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- [S14616] "Hextilda Fitz Uchtred (Tynedale) de Comyn (1122 - 1182)", Biography, Ancestors, Descendants, select tab, "Ancestors", t.
- [S10147] "Malcolm III of Scotland" biography, abstracted, downloaded & published Saturday, December 24th, 2016 by David A. Hennes.
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