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Donald, or properly, Domhnall of Islay (died 1423), was the son and successor of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald. The Lordship of the Isles was based in and around the Scottish west-coast island of Islay, but under Domhnall's father had come to include many of the other islands off the west coast of Scotland, as well as Morvern, Garmoran, Lochaber, Kintyre and Knapdale on the mainland.

Domhnall was the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland and first cousin of King Robert III; he took pride in his royal blood, even adopting the royal tressure to surround his coat of arms.

While it is customary to portray the Lords of the Isles as divorced from the mainstream of Scottish political life, and as representatives of a brand of lordship distinct from the rest of Scotland, this view obscures the fact that Domhnall was only one of many magnates who held large lordships with little interference from the crown in late 14th and early 15th century Scotland. The Douglas kindred of southern Scotland and the Albany Stewarts had similar roles as Domhnall.

Early rule
Domhnall spent some of his first years as Lord of the Isles suppressing a revolt by his brother John Mór. John was Domhnall's younger brother, and resented his meagre inheritance. Although he was recognized as heir-apparent (tànaiste), he only received patches of land in Kintyre and Islay. The rebellion started in 1387 and went on into the 1390s, and John obtained the support of the MacLean kindred. However, John and the MacLeans were eventually forced to submit to Domhnall, and by 1395 John Mór had been forced into Ireland. There he entered the service of King Richard II of England and later established a MacDonald lordship in Antrim.

Conflict with the Stewarts
Suppression of the revolt enabled Domhnall to turn his attention northwards and eastwards. Most of the area to the north and east of the Lordship, that is Skye, Ross, Badenoch and Urquhart, was under the control of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, famously known as the "Wolf of Badenoch". The Stewarts had been building up their power in the central Highlands and north of Scotland since the death of John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray in 1346. Alexander had acquired control of the lordship of Badenoch, the earldom of Buchan and the Justiciarship of Scotia. He had been appointed "Lieutenant of the North", giving him the flexibility to exercise total control over most of Scotland north of the mounth. Alexander was at once the de facto ruler of northern Scotland as well as the means by which the crown itself exercised control.

However, there had been complaints over the activities of his caterans (war bands). More importantly, Alexander's position had become threatening not only to the crown, but also to the Euphemia I, Countess of Ross, her son Alexander and the titular Dunbar Earl of Moray. Late in 1388, soon after becoming Guardian of the Kingdom, Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife (created Duke of Albany in 1398) deprived Alexander of the Justiciarship. The assault of Alexander's position continued into the 1390s. Domhnall and his brother Alexander of Lochaber were in a perfect position to benefit. In 1394, the latter entered a 17-year agreement with the Earl of Moray, taking over Alexander Stewart's role as "protector" of the wealthy comital and episcopal lands in the Moray lowlands. The MacDonalds were in possession of Urquhart by the end of 1395, and had given control of the castle to the MacLean kindred of Duart.

The Guardian soon turned his hostility against Domhnall and his family. Alexander of Lochaber had been using his role as "protector" to further his own lordship, including granting episcopal lands to his military followers. In 1398, Robert Stewart (now Duke of Albany) was called upon to take action, but the well-prepared expedition in the end came to nothing. Lochaber continued his activities, and in a raid of 1402 burned the burgh of Elgin along with the manses of the canons belonging to Elgin Cathedral. For this he was excommunicated by William Spynie, bishop of Moray. Later in the year Alexander visited Spynie to seek forgiveness.

Ross claims
Domhnall himself was causing still further concern when in the same year, following the death of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, Domhnall pressed the claims of Mariota, Alexander Leslie's sister and Domhnall's wife, to the possession of Ross. Domhnall attempted to gain control of the earldom. Sometime after 1405 but before 1411, Domhnall gained control of Dingwall Castle, the chief seat of the earldom. In the year after the death of the nominal king, Robert III, Domhnall sent emissaries England, to make contact with the heir of the Scottish throne, the captive James Stewart. King Henry IV of England sent his own emissaries to Domhnall in the following year to negotiate an alliance against Albany.

With control over the principle seat of the earldom of Ross and support of the exiled heir to the Scottish throne, in 1411 Domhnall felt strong enough to march against Albany's main northern ally, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. At the Battle of Harlaw, Domhnall failed to inflict a decisive victory, and withdrew back to the western highlands. In the aftermath, Albany was able to retake Dingwall and seize control of Easter Ross. In 1415, the heir of Alexander Leslie, Euphemia II, resigned the earldom to Albany. Domhnall prepared for war and proclaimed himself "Lord of Ross". Although Albany appointed his own son John Stewart to the earldom, Domhnall's wife continued to regard herself as the rightful Countess.

Domhnall died in 1423 on Islay. He was succeeded by his son Alexander.
 ~1375 - 1435 Mariota Leslie 60 60 ~1410 Marion MacDonald ~1395 - 1455 7th Earl of Sutherland Alexander Sutherland 60 60 ~1436 - 1480 Marjory Sutherland 44 44 1436 - 1476 Earl of Caithness Sir William Sinclair 40 40 1457 - 1518 Eleanor Sinclair 61 61 ~1392 - ~1451 James Seamas Mòr Stuart 59 59 [murdock stuart.ged]

James reacted to his father's execution by leading an attack on Dumbarton, burning it and killing the governor of the castle, John Stewart. He fled to Ireland where he later died. He was ancestor to the Stewarts of Ardvorlich. James and Lady MacDonald were not married. ~1417 Andrew Stuart ~1419 Murdoch Stuart ~1423 Arthur Stuart 1421 Robert Stuart ~1425 Matilda Stuart ~1427 Alexander Stuart ~1429 Walter Stuart ~1435 William Stuart [murdock stuart.ged]

His full name was William of Baldorran, Balquhidder, Perthshire. William received the office of hereditary Royal Baillie of Balquhidder. It was this William and his son Walter, who held the townships listed in the Exchequer Rolls of 1488. In th e portioning of Balquhidder which took place during the sixteenth century, the descendants of Sir William Stewart of Baldorran gained hereditary tacks of land. ~1415 the Beag James Stuart ~1420 Annabel Buchanan ~1398 Margaret MacDonald ~1398 Bishop of the Isles Angus MacDonald ~1453 - 1502 Sir Archibald Edmonstone 49 49 ~1423 - 1486 Laird of Session William Edmonstone 63 63 ~1420 - 1497 Sir Alexander Dunbar 77 77 ~1430 Isobel Sutherland ~1465 - 1504 Sheriff of Moray Sir James Dunbar 39 39 ~1455 Marjory Sinclair ~1432 Margaret Baillie ~1432 8th Earl of Sutherland John Sutherland 1456 Master of Sutherland Alexander Sutherland ~1458 - 1508 9th Earl of Sutherland John Sutherland 50 50 ~1464 Margaret MacDonald ~1395 - 1449 9th Lord of the Isles Alexander MacDonald 54 54 ~1408 - 1479 Elizabeth Seton Gordon 71 71 ~1401 Anna MacDonald ~1405 Mariotta MacDonald ~1430 - 1498 10th Lord of the Isles John MacDonald 68 68 ~1442 Elizabeth Livinston ~1460 - 1518 John MacDonald 58 58 ~1462 Angus MacDonald ~1432 Sheriff of Inverness Celestine MacDonald ~1434 1st Laird of Sleat Hugh MacDonald ~1436 Margaret Macdonald ~1460 Nicholas Sutherland ~1462 Thomas Sutherland ~1464 Robert Sutherland ~1466 Janet Sutherland ~1450 Sir James Edmonstone ~1462 - 1503 Sir John Dunbar 41 41 1365 - 1427 Iain Mór MacDomhnall 62 62 1367 Angus MacDomhnall 1369 Alexander Alastair MacDomhnall 1371 Hugh MacDomhnall 1373 Marcus MacDomhnall 1375 Margaret MacDomhnall 1377 Elizabeth MacDomhnall ~1380 Marjory Bissett 1407 - 1476 Donald MacDonald 69 69 ~1410 Joanna O'Neill ~1435 Mary MacDonald ~1440 - 1494 Iain Mor MacDonald 54 54 ~1450 Sabina O'Néill ~1470 - 1494 Iain Cathanach Macdonald 24 24 ~1472 Alan MacDonald ~1470 - 1529 Alexander MacDonald 59 59 ~1428 Florence MacDonald ~1420 Duncan Macintosh 1447 - 1514 Ferquhard Macintosh 67 67 1459 - 1513 Sir Henry Sinclair 54 54 Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.