Donald 6th Earl de Mar , Sir Knight 
Donald 6th Earl de was born about 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Donald 6th Earl de's father was William 5th Earl de Mar , Sir and his mother was Elizabeth Comyn. His paternal grandfather was Duncan 4th Earl de Mar; his maternal grandparents were William Comyn , 1st Earl of Buchan and Margaret Heiress of Buchan. He was an only child. He died after July 25th, 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.General Notes
Donald (Sir),6th Earl of Mar; knighted 1270; one of the leading Scottish nobles who recognised Alexander III's daughter Margaret as heir to the throne after her father's death Feb 1283/4; following Margaret's death 1290 supported Robert the Bruce but was one of the seven Earls of Scotland who referred a decision in the matter to Edward I of England, to whom he swore fealty as overlord 13 June 1291; nevertheless was a leading participant in the Scottish Uprising against the English shortly afterwards, being captured by them following the Battle of Dunbar 27 April 1296 and renewing his allegiance to Edward I thereafter. [Burke's Peerage]
Donald, Earl of Mar, by his 1st wife Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41-5]
Donald, Earl of Mar, by Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41b-5]
Donald, Earl of Mar, was knighted 1270, living 25 July 1297, d. shortly thereafter. His wife, and mother of Isabel, was Helen, widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife, d. 1266, and daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales. [Ancestral Roots, Line 252-30]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1082 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.> 1131
- b.~ 1115 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.<30 Mar 1183 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1160 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.BEF 7 FEB 1243/44 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1120 in Scotland
- b.1222 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<25 Jul 1281 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1053 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1100 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1084 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1057 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1084 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1120 in Northallerton & Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.~ 1179
- b.~ 1040 in Ouilly-Basset, Normandy, France d.> 1088 in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1088 in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1045 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1233 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1070 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1095 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1033 in Atholl, Perth, Scotland d.> 1097 in Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 1085 in Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 1223 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1267 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1092 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.> 1179 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1092 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.< 1170 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.~ 1199 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1182 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.< 1244
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‌Donald 6th Earl de and Helen verch were married in a religious ceremony about 1269 in 2nd husband. They had a son and three daughters, named Gratney 7th Earl de, Margaret (Marjory or Mary) de, Margaret of and Isabel (Matilda) de.
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Children
Margaret (Marjory or Mary) de Mar
Margaret (Marjory or Mary) de was born about 1270 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died before July 24th, 1326 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.
Gratney 7th Earl de Mar , Sir
Gratney 7th Earl de was born about 1272 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died before September 1305.
Isabel (Matilda) de Mar
Isabel (Matilda) de was born about 1278 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died before 1302.
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