SCOTLAND, King Donald Bane III

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• Name	SCOTLAND, Donald Bane
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	III
  Birth	Sep 1033	Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	Oct 1097	Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
  Burial	1099	Iona, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom
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  Person ID	I28164	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SCOTLAND, King Duncan I ,   b. 1013, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland Atholl, Perthshire, Scotlandd. 14 Aug 1040, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 27 years)
  Mother	FITZSIWARD, Queen Sibyl ,   b. 1014, Northumberland, England Northumberland, Englandd. 1070, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1030	Scotland   [1]
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 21 Apr 1970, SLAKE.
  Family ID	F15143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FITZSIWARD, Queen Sibyl ,   b. 1014, Northumberland, England Northumberland, Englandd. 1070, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1059	Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
  Family ID	F15146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Upon the death of his brother Malcolm III Canmore (1093) there was a fierce contest for the crown. Donald Bane besieged Edinburgh Castle, took it, and, with the support of the Celtic Scots and the custom of tanistry (q.v.; the Celtic system of electing kings or chiefs), he was king nominally for at least six months. He was expelled by Duncan II, son of Malcolm, assisted by English and Normans and some Saxons. Duncan’s reign was equally short, for Donald Bane had his nephew slain and again reigned for three years. These years saw the last attempt of the Celts to maintain a king of their race and a kingdom governed according to their customs. Edgar the Aetheling (q.v.), who had newly befriended the Norman king of England, led an army into Scotland, dispossessed Donald Bane, and advanced his nephew Edgar, son of Malcolm III, as sole king of the Scots. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Bane Donald (Domnall mac Donnchada) was a son of Duncan I and younger brother of Malcolm III. He was called Domnall Bán or Donald Bane (Donald the Fair or White). He was in exile at the time of his bother’s death and rushed to claim the throne. He was soon challenged by his nephew Duncan, son of Malcolm, and in 1094 was driven out by Duncan who was backed by the English King William II. However a few months later Duncan II as he was known was killed at the Battle of Monthechin, Kincardine, and Donald Bane returned as King. Donald jointly ruled with his nephew Edmund but both were deposed in 1097 by Edgar, another son of Malcolm, who had Donald blinded and imprisoned. Donald died a broken man in prison at Rescobie, Forfarshire, in 1099 Timeline for King Donald III of Scotland Year Event 1093 Donald III (Donald Bane) become king 1094 Donald Bane is driven out by Duncan, Malcolm's III's son, who becomes Duncan II. He is killed a few months later at the Battle of Monthechin, Kincardine, and Donald Bane returns 1094 Donald III regains the throne and jointly rules with Edmund. 1097 Donald is overthrown, blinded and imprisoned by Edgar. Edmund flees to Montecute Abbey in Somerset. https://www.britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=donald3

  
  

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  [S112] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).