Donald III "the White" Bane^{[1, 2]}

1033 - 1099  (66 years)

• Name	Donald III "the White" Bane
  Birth	1033	Atholl, Perthsire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1099	Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
  Burial	Iona, Scotland
  Notes	Name Suffix: 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>]
  Person ID	I11376	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Duncan I "the Gracious" MacCrinan,   b. 1001, Atholl, Perthsire, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1040, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Sibyl Sywardsdottir,   b. Abt 1014, Northumbria, England
  Marriage	1030
  Notes	_UID5C8E95ED9D15D046B4D43F42CF66D5C20924
  Family ID	F6888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Notes	_UID52CE27F0383EE94A9A3340858A0508A3ACBA
  Children	1. UNKNOWN Bethoc,   b. Abt 1085, Rescobie, Angus, Scotland
  Family ID	F6892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1072564728] Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, 121a-23. [S1072564732] The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, I:2, 417, 505.