Earl Donald Lennox 
Donald was born about 1295 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. Donald's father was Malcolm LENNOX and his mother was Marjory Margaret. His paternal grandparents were Earl Maldouen (Maldwin) MacAlwyn Of Lennox and Beatrix Stewart; his maternal grandparents were Donald MAR and Elen (Helen) Ferch Llywelyn. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named David and Isabella. He died in 1364 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland.General Notes
Lennox, previous creations: The Earldom descended to Maldouen's grandson (Malcolm, 4th Earl), then to the latter's son (another Malcolm, 5th Earl) and grandson (Donald, 6th Earl). In about 1364, however, the 6th Earl's daughter Margaret inherited the title as Countess of Lennox in her own right. She married Walter de Fasselane (modern Faslane), who seems to have been recognized as Earl of Lennox in right of his wife since in about 1385 the two of them made the dignity over to their eldest son Duncan. This son, the 8th Earl, who had not legitimate sons, got a regrant of the title from Robert III extending the line of descent to his daughter and her husband, though why this was thought necessary, given that the Earldom had already descended in just such a manner only a generation previously, is uncertain. One can only assume that the view of Earldoms in Scotland was changing about this time. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2402]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1100 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1100 in Scotland
- b.~ 1165 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.< 1224 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1196 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.> 1250 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland d.> 1178 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1178 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1264 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill,Berwick-On-Tweed,Northlumberland,England
- b.1108 in Of Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.1170 in Paisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1129 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.1204
- b.1115 in Molle,Durham,England d.1290
- b.1175 in Scotland d.1241
- b.1045 in WIGTOWN,GALLOWAY,SCOTLAND d.12 May 1166 in HOLYROOD ABBEY,SCOTLAND
- b.1145 in Carrick,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1084 in Of,Talby,Yorkshire,England
- b.1204 in Dundonald Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1118 in Forfar,Angusshire,Scotland d.1187
- b.1154 in Forfar,Angusshire,Scotland d.1207
- b.1124 in Northumberland,England d.1154
- b.1181 d.1270
- b.1114 in HUNTINGDON d.12 Jun 1152 in KELSO,ROXBURGH,SCOTLAND
- b.~ 1145 in England d.20 Feb 1181
- b.1121 in SURREY,ENGLAND d.1178
- b.~ 1295 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.1364 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Kildrummy Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.<24 Jul 1326
- b.~ 1246 in Of,,Caernarvonshire,Wales d.<24 Oct 1253 in Of,Chester,Cheshire,England
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He had a biological daughter named Margaret.
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Children
Countess Margaret Lennox
Margaret was born about 1332 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. She died after 1385 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland.1
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