Donald III "the White" Bane 
Donald III "the White" was born in 1033 in Atholl, Perthsire, Scotland. Donald III "the White"'s father was Duncan I "the Gracious" MacCrinan and his mother was Sibyl Sywardsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Crinan "the Thane" de Mormaer and Bethoc (Beatrix) of Scotland; his maternal grandparents were Sigurd (Syward) Biornsson and Aelflaed of Northumbria. He had three brothers named Malcolm III, Duncan and Maelmare (Melmare). He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 66 in 1099 in Rescobie, Angus, Scotland. He was buried in Iona, Scotland.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> King of Scotland
Donald Bane
born c. 1033 died after 1097
also spelled Donaldbane, or Donalbane, Bane also spelled Ban or Bainking of Scotland from November 1093 to May 1094 and from November 1094 toOctober 1097, son of Duncan I.
Upon the death of his brother Malcolm III Canmore (1093) there was afierce contest for the crown. Donald Bane besieged Edinburgh Castle, tookit, 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 kingnominally for at least six months. He was expelled by Duncan II, son ofMalcolm, assisted by English and Normans and some Saxons. Duncan's reignwas equally short, for Donald Bane had his nephew slain and again reignedfor three years.
These years saw the last attempt of the Celts to maintain a king of theirrace and a kingdom governed according to their customs. Edgar theAetheling (q.v.), who had newly befriended the Norman king of England,led an army into Scotland, dispossessed Donald Bane, and advanced hisnephew Edgar, son of Malcolm III, as sole king of the Scots.[Encyclopædia Britannica, online<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=31404>]
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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.0978 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Battle at Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1001 in Atholl, Perthsire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Scotland
- b.1033 in Atholl, Perthsire, Scotland d.1099 in Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 0915 in Denmark
- b.~ 0945 in Denmark
- b.~ 0970 in Denmark d.1049 in Murdered in Bosham
- b.~ 0990 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1014 in Northumbria, England
- b.~ 0935 in Northumberia, England d.~ 0970
- b.~ 0961 in Northumberia, England d.1016 in Wighill, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 0981 in Northumberia, England d.1038
- b.~ 0940 in Durham, Northumberland, England d.1018 in Durham, England
- b.~ 0962 in Durham, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0998 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
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He had a biological daughter named UNKNOWN.
Family Notes
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Children
UNKNOWN Bethoc
UNKNOWN was born about 1085 in Rescobie, Angus, Scotland. UNKNOWN is no longer alive.
Sources/Citations
Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr @ 121a-23, The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000} @ I:2, 417, 505
Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr @ 121a-23, The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000} @ I:2, 417, 505
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