Lord Donald MacDonald Of The Isles 
Donald was born in 1364 in Western Isles,Scotland. Donald's father was Lord Iain John Of The Isles and his mother was Princess Margaret Stewart Of Scotland. His paternal grandparents were Lord Angus Og MacDonald Of The Isles and Agnes O'Cahan; his maternal grandparents were King Robert II Stewart Of Scotland, Earl Of Atholl and Elizabeth Mure Of Rowallon. He had a brother and a sister, named Mangy and Agnes. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 59 in 1423 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland. He was buried in 9th Earl of Ross.1 General Notes
Donald MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (so designated as successor by his father in preference to his elder half-brothers (by 1st wife Amie dau of Roderick MacRuari) under the Celtic system called tanistry) and self-styled 9th Earl of Ross in right of his wife; either in support of his claim to the Earldom or as a sovereign ruler in alliance with England or France he invaded the Scottish mainland with an army made up of men of the Isles and Ross but was checked at Harlaw 24 July 1411 in a pyrrhic victory by the Regent of Scotland who despite his "victory" failed to prevent the MacDonald's styling themselves Earls of Ross for at least two generations as well as promulgating charters from Dingwall Castle, the cheif place of the territory over which the Earls of Ross were supposed to hold sway, though in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Harlaw the Regent captured the Castle. [Burke's Peerage]
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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.1148 in Morven Argyleshire Scoltland d.1207 in Kintyre,Argyleshire,Scotland
- b.1170 in Of,Morven,Argyll,Scotland d.1230
- b.1145 in Moray Scotland
- b.~ 1225 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1296 in Kildonan Tower,Isle of Arran,Scotland
- b.1129 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.1204
- b.1188
- b.1145 in Carrick,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1274 in Icolmkill,Iona,Western Isles,Scotland d.1330 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland
- b.1199 in Menstrie,Clackmannanshire,Scotland d.~ 1280 in Menstrie,Clackmannanshire,Scotland
- b.1220 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland d.1294 in Battle at Ath-Dearg (Red Ford) of Lorn
- b.1201 in St Clair,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1255 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.1232 in Rosslyn Castle,Roslin,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.1326 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1387 in Ardtornish Castle,Lochaline,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1245 in Ulster,Ireland
- b.~ 1280 in Ulster,Ireland
- b.1364 in Western Isles,Scotland d.1423 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.1210 d.1283
- b.1245 d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle Of Fallkirk,Fallkirk,Stirlingshire,Scotland
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- b.1292 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle Of Halidon Hill,Scotland
- b.1230 d.28 Jul 1271
- b.1263
- b.1238 d.20 May 1274
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.Jul 1243 in Annadale,Scotland d.12 Apr 1304 in Palestine,Holy Lands
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle,Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.1252 in Carrick,Argyllshire,Scotland d.27 Oct 1292
- b.1297 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.02 Mar 1315 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1278
- b.~ 1342 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1410 in Scotland
- b.1265 d.1348
- b.~ 1290 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.1355 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1261
- b.1320 in Rowallon,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1355 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1269
- b.~ 1295 in Fokeltie,Ayrshire,Scotland
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Children
Lord Alexander MacDonald Of The Isles
Alexander was born about 1398 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland. He died on May 8th, 1449 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland. He was buried in 10th Earl of Ross.1
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